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Aggregates Quay, Langstone Harbour

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The wharf lies between the Hermitage stream to the left and another stream (I do not know the name of - if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated) to the right. A coaster will arrive every few days and deposit its load on the hard standing. Dumper trucks move the load into a hopper (seen below) from where it is moved on belts and dropped into the appropriate storage site.
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Aggregates Wharf. Copyright Peter Drury 2010
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Aggregates Wharf. Copyright Peter Drury 2010

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  • Arco Dee unloading at the wharf. . Copyright Peter Drury 2010<br /> The water is pumped into the hold.
  • Arco Dee unloading at the wharf. Copyright Peter Drury 2010<br /> Unloading now completed, one end of the black pipes is lowered into the sea and water is pumped into the hold to clean it.
  • Arco Dee unloading at the wharf. Copyright Peter Drury 2010
  • Arco Dee unloading at the wharf. Copyright Peter Drury 2010
  • Arco Dee unloading at the wharf. Copyright Peter Drury 2010
  • Arco Dee unloading at the wharf. The conveyor belt discharge system. Copyright Peter Drury 2010<br /> The hopper on the jig feeds this discharge system. Note the tracked scoop moving the discharged material to the the land based hopper.
  • Arco Dee unloading at the wharf. The mobile Gantry system 1. Copyright Peter Drury 2010<br /> The scoop, with its jaws open, is lowered into the hold to bring up another load.
  • Arco Dee unloading at the wharf. The mobile Gantry system 3 Copyright Peter Drury 2010<br /> The gantry gopper has moved forward and the contents of the scoop are dropped in.
  • Arco Dee unloading at the wharf. The mobile Gantry system 2. Copyright Peter Drury 2010<br /> The scoop has picked up the load from the hold and is taken to the top of its travel. The hopper on the rails of the jig will move forward to accept the contents of the scoop.
  • Arco Dee unloading at the wharf. Copyright Peter Drury 2010
  • Arco Dee unloading at the wharf. Copyright Peter Drury 2010<br /> Overall view of the unloading at the quay
  • Arco Dee leaving the wharf. Copyright Peter Drury 2010<br /> Now into Langstone Harbour. It will now follow the marked channel to the harbour mouth before entering the Solent between Hayling Island and Portsmouth.
  • Arco Dee leaving the wharf. Copyright Peter Drury 2010<br /> Leaving the Hermitage stream estuary and entering Langstone Harbour.
  • Arco Dee leaving the wharf. Copyright Peter Drury 2010<br /> This view shows the belt discharge gantry stowed behind the mobile discharge system at the stern.
  • Arco Dee leaving the wharf. Copyright Peter Drury 2010
  • Arco Dee leaving the wharf. Copyright Peter Drury 2010<br /> This view shows the travelling discharge system stowed at the stern end of the ship and the control cabinfrom where the operator manouvres this machinery during discharge.
  • Arco Dee leaving the wharf. Copyright Peter Drury 2010<br /> Having moved astern to leave the wharf and swing the bow round into Hermitage stream proper, the ship now moves down the estuary towards Langstone Harbour shipping channel.
  • Loading the hopper. Copyright Peter Drury 2010
  • Aggregates Wharf. Copyright Peter Drury 2010
  • Aggregates Wharf. Copyright Peter Drury 2010
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