Scrap metal at Hartlepool Docks
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Scrap metal at Hartlepool Docks
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 8 Aug 2010
A recycling company http://www.vandalenmetaal.nl/company.htm processes and exports metals from Irving's Quay. The operation was tidied up for the Tall Ships 2010 event, with a barricade of containers screening large piles of scrap near the waterside (right).
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Image Location
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54.694923
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-1.192262