Crane under threat
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Crane under threat by Stephen Craven as part of the Geograph project.
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Crane under threat
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 3 Apr 2015
The "red crane" is a local landmark and one of the few remaining evidences of former riverside industry in this area. But as of March 2015 it was under threat from a development proposal and an online petition had been set up to save it. See http://russiadock.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/the-scotch-derrick-commercial-wharf-and.html for more history.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.498113
Longitude
-0.03293