Places I knew so well but haven't seen in decades... As a keen birder, I spent hours wandering around the freshwater lagoon and the patch of mud and spoil that is now the nature reserve. Later on, as an Immigration Officer from 1969 to 1975, I visited ships in virtually every dock from Garston to Seaforth and from Runcorn to Bidston on the other side. This included regular passenger services from Canada, Nigeria and the Canaries. Then it changed - almost overnight it seems now...
Brilliant footage Paul. Before Seaforth Container Docks opened, circa 1970, there was a public open day and I've always wanted to see what it's like now. Each train load of containers takes about 50 odd lorries off the roads and all the congestion and pollution which goes with that but the rail link is woefully inadequate and desperately needs upgrading from the docks to Tuebrook sidings.
You may like this video then taken a few years go. there is a part two what does the same thing but on the other side of the river. th-cam.com/video/M89ry9iahLw/w-d-xo.html
Fascinating. Whilst I could work out quite a lot of the purposes of each quay and the structures on them, I was surprised how many seemed 'unfocused' (not in a camera sense, but an activity sense). I was curious as to what the crushed recycled material being exported/imported actually was. Now I'm interested in seeing actual ship movements, I'll have to search back in your library, it seems. I think you were wise to keep some distance from the RN Auxiliary ships.
The crushed materials are scrap metals of different types loaded onto ships at Canada Dock and Langton Dock Activities on the grain berths are weather dependent and the largest container ships that enter the dock system can only berth at certain states of tide on the river depending on the ship’s draft and Gladstone and Langton Locks need a certain amount of water in the river to float the lock gates.
Places I knew so well but haven't seen in decades... As a keen birder, I spent hours wandering around the freshwater lagoon and the patch of mud and spoil that is now the nature reserve. Later on, as an Immigration Officer from 1969 to 1975, I visited ships in virtually every dock from Garston to Seaforth and from Runcorn to Bidston on the other side. This included regular passenger services from Canada, Nigeria and the Canaries. Then it changed - almost overnight it seems now...
Very good. How about another video of the full route of the docker's umbrella? with the track & stations augmented?
that would be a big job, nearest i have to that is this. th-cam.com/video/M89ry9iahLw/w-d-xo.html
Brilliant footage Paul. Before Seaforth Container Docks opened, circa 1970, there was a public open day and I've always wanted to see what it's like now.
Each train load of containers takes about 50 odd lorries off the roads and all the congestion and pollution which goes with that but the rail link is woefully inadequate and desperately needs upgrading from the docks to Tuebrook sidings.
i agree they need to take advantage of that railway
Royal Seaforth actually put more lorries on the road. The train is mainly used for the transport of coal from Gladstone
@@alanrichards5659 There's a container train at least once a day.
@@williamwatson228 I said the majority is coal not all
@@alanrichards5659 ; yes, I know.
Great shot of the 2 Royal Navy supply ships,
Thank you! Would be nice to see one of those big ships going in or out of the dock system 😊
If you look on my Chanel there are a number of ships going in lairds, Birkenhead and Liverpool docks.
Great Paul brought back a few memories spent nearly 30 years at Seaforth looking after ships 😂
I used to take the overhead railway and travel its length from Seaforth to Dingle. Where have all the ships gone now ?
You may like this video then taken a few years go. there is a part two what does the same thing but on the other side of the river. th-cam.com/video/M89ry9iahLw/w-d-xo.html
Fascinating. Whilst I could work out quite a lot of the purposes of each quay and the structures on them, I was surprised how many seemed 'unfocused' (not in a camera sense, but an activity sense). I was curious as to what the crushed recycled material being exported/imported actually was.
Now I'm interested in seeing actual ship movements, I'll have to search back in your library, it seems.
I think you were wise to keep some distance from the RN Auxiliary ships.
The crushed materials are scrap metals of different types loaded onto ships at Canada Dock and Langton Dock
Activities on the grain berths are weather dependent and the largest container ships that enter the dock system can only berth at certain states of tide on the river depending on the ship’s draft and Gladstone and Langton Locks need a certain amount of water in the river to float the lock gates.
Hi bud, the mill at Seaforth is a Flour mill not a flower mill
@@geoffgolson2258 hahaha oh sh!t. Can’t do nothing now. Maybe one day they will start selling daffodils or something
Wait where's trains
they com in sometimes but none on day of recording