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New Cut East, IPSWICH, IP3 0ED

A passenger/vehicle ferry built in 1963/4, by Hall, Russell, Aberdeen as the “Hebrides” for David MacBrayne Ltd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_MacBrayne_Ltd. She later operated as the “Devoniun” for Torbay Seaways, between Torquay and the Channel Islands. The photograph shows her laid up at Ipswich, pending sale, after closure of those routes. The vessel was finally scrapped in India in 2003. A more detailed history can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hebrides_(1964). Subject position approximate – the area has since been redeveloped.

William & Kate Johnston, which is listed on the United Kingdom's National Register of Historic Vessels, was launched in 1923. She was designed as a prototype lifeboat by James R. Barnett, Consulting Naval Architect to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. She was built, with double diagonal teak hull, by J. Samuel White and Co. at Cowes. At the time of her launch she was the largest lifeboat in the world. (Length: 60 ft; Bre. 15 ft; Displacement 44.5 tons; cruising speed 9 knots; cruising radius 200 nautical miles.) See: http://www.william-kate-johnston.co.uk/ Behind is the old R & W Paul building, one of many mills which used to stand on the waterfront. It stood derelict for a number of years, and now I understand it has been demolished as part of the Waterfront Regeneration Scheme. See: http://www.bocmpauls.co.uk/bocm-pauls-about-us-our-history; http://ipswich-lettering.org/burtons.html

The marina occupies the former Wet Dock.

Taken from Ipswich Haven Marina in Ipswich Dock. The custom house in Key Street was built in 1844 to the design of J.M. Clark.

Viewed from the former Tovells Wharf, now home of the Ipswich Haven Marina Yacht Club, the Grade II Old Custom House commands a view across the Wet Dock, once the largest artificially enclosed area of water in the UK when completed in 1842.

Looking across the marina to the western section of the waterfront development in the next square north.

Pontoons lead northwards from the former Tovells Wharf, providing accommodation for over 250 yachts. On the far side of the Wet Dock is the Old Custom House, now the headquarters of ABP (Associated British Ports) Ipswich.

The waterfront at Ipswich seems to be constantly changing, with new construction taking place and old warehouses being converted. The building to the right of the photo is the Old Custom House, built in 1845, and is the headquarters of the port authority. The Wet Dock is no longer used commercially, and is home to hundreds of yachts. The former Tovells Wharf is now the base for Ipswich Haven Marina http://www.ports.co.uk/custinfo/other_op/abpmarinas.htm

The old conical buoy and the quay at Ipswich haven Marina are within the square, but the buildings on the far side of the dock are in the adjacent square to the north. The tower crane is working on the building of apartments which will have the benefit of a very pleasant outlook across the dock.