Lloyds Stabilisation 2008
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Lloyds Stabilisation 2008
Image: © Mike White Taken: 6 Jul 2008
Lloyds Stabilisation project, due for completion Autumn 2008. 370 tubular steel piles 10 - 20 metres long are being driven into the bank on both sides of the River Severn, to curb the natural tendency of the sides of the Severn Gorge to slid into the water. The works are duplicated on both sides of the river, with 90-ton cranes and 100-ton pile-drivers. Sabrina looks rather subdued--at the moment...
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Image Location
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52.625452
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-2.468701