Arklow freighters in Seaham Inner Harbour
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Arklow freighters in Seaham Inner Harbour
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 9 Oct 2009
The harbour was purpose built to ship coal from the several local collieries on what was, for a century, an incredibly industrial coast. The local deep mines all closed in the early 1990s, although coal is occasionally now imported through here from the Continent. These ships were loading scrap metal, recycling of rare resources being the new growth industry.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.834677
Longitude
-1.32648