A moment for quiet contemplation, Gloucester Docks.
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A moment for quiet contemplation, Gloucester Docks.
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 6 Sep 2009
Two characters whiling away the morning on a bench with the Mariners' Chapel behind. In fact the docks were thronged. The photograph was taken from the National Waterways Museum and the aft steam winch of No. 4 Dredger is in the foreground.
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Image Location
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51.862022
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-2.252047