What used to be......
Introduction
The photograph on this page of What used to be...... by Mac McCarron as part of the Geograph project.
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What used to be......
Image: © Mac McCarron Taken: 1 Apr 2011
This relatively barren expanse used to be the world famous Swan Hunter shipyard where ships such as Mauretania, Carpathia, Ark Royal and Illustrious were constructed. Now, instead of building world-class ships the site will be used to dismantle/decommission gas platforms from the North Sea. After 140 years of shipbuilding the site will serve as a scrap-metal yard (recycling site).
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Image Location
Latitude
54.987026
Longitude
-1.529277
