1995 Color Half 4 – Round Dartford: Extra of my panoramic photos. These had been taken in and round Dartford in Kent in March 1995 on a stroll which took me from the centre of the city and alongside by the River Thames to an space near the QEII Dartford Bridge. All these had been taken on Sunday nineteenth March 1995. Dartford is part of the Thames Gateway space across the Thames Estuary.
Dartford
I walked up Hythe Avenue after which turned proper to a path that led me to a bridge throughout Dartford Creek.
Dartford Creek is the tidal creek of the River Darent and was as soon as essential navigable creek to wharves within the centre of Dartford. Work has now been happening for years to revive the half-lock and make the creek navigable once more. I made extra panoramic photos alongside the footpath beside the creek later within the 12 months, however on my first go to was eager to get to the River Thames and left the Creek to stroll up Joyce Inexperienced Lane and Marsh Avenue to the River Thames.
Littlebrook
The primary energy station at Littlebrook was coal fired and opened in 1939 and was joined by a second in 1949 and a 3rd within the Nineteen Fifties with the ultimate station Littlebrook D proven right here opening within the Eighties. The sooner stations had been transformed to burn oil by 1958 and had been all decommisioned by 1981 when the ultimate station started to be put into use. This continued to supply energy till 2015 and was lastly demolished in 2019. You’ll be able to learn far more element on Wikipedia.
Google’s map now reveals Littlebrook Seashore as a ‘vacationer attraction’ however I’m pretty positive I used to be the one particular person there on the day I made this image.
Crossways
As I walked alongside the trail beside the river taking these and somewhat extra black and white photos I saved on the lookout for a gate or hole within the fence betweent the riverside path and Crossways I may undergo, however there was none. It was solely once I bought to Stone Marshes that I used to be capable of depart the river after which stroll alongside St Mary’s Street and into Crossways Enterprise Park.
The realm has been significantly expanded now, with a brand new main street to Greenhithe in addition to new housing and industrial improvement.
The lake now has a lot new improvement round it, together with a pub, The Wharf on Galleon Boulevard, near the place I made these footage
I walked again into Dartford taking fairly a couple of extra black and white photos however no extra panoramas. The black and white footage from this stroll begin right here.
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