Wrecks visible in River Severn 60 years after disaster

[David Mack]

Drone footage of the Wastdale H and Arkendale H, 60 years after they brought down the Severn Railway Bridge.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-gloucestershire-54651734

[Bee]

Surprisingly intact.

[cuthound]

21 minutes ago, David Mack said:

Drone footage of the Wastdale H and Arkendale H, 60 years after they brought down the Severn Railway Bridge.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-gloucestershire-54651734

 

I'm surprised no one has snapped them up as "project boats".

 

Bit of overplating and a splash of "London white" is all that's needed to make a tidy profit!  ??

Edited October 23, 2020 by cuthound
To add the last paragraph

[Stilllearning]

All the more powerful for having no voiceover, just a bit of music and the starkly beautiful visuals.

[Graham Davis]

My father worked at the Esso bulk plant in Cardiff Docks at that time and always said he had bunkered one of them before they left. 

[Pluto]

Part of the bridge alongside the canal during demolition in the 1960s.

[Alway Swilby]

What does the H stand for? A few of the Goole barges are known as xxxx H. E.g Fusedale H and Farndale H. 

[ditchcrawler]

10 minutes ago, Alway Swilby said:

What does the H stand for? A few of the Goole barges are known as xxxx H. E.g Fusedale H and Farndale H. 

John Harker Ltd

5 hours ago, David Mack said:

Drone footage of the Wastdale H and Arkendale H, 60 years after they brought down the Severn Railway Bridge.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-gloucestershire-54651734

https://www.severntales.co.uk/severn-bridge-disaster.html

[Heartland]

The H is for John Harker of Knottingley, who operated tankers on the Severn

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, Heartland said:

The H is for John Harker of Knottingley, who operated tankers on the Severn

Everyday's a school day.

 

Passed there many times but never knew that.

 

Even though I understand they were built there.??

 

Fusedale H in Bullholme Lock Castleford cut.

 

 

Edited October 23, 2020 by The Happy Nomad

[Up-Side-Down]

Just now, Up-Side-Down said:

Lightening the load after running aground below Lemonroyd Lock last month!

[Pluto]

For more information, Alan Faulkner wrote 'Tankers Knottingley, Story of John Harker Ltd' in the 1970s.

[blackrose]

On 23/10/2020 at 09:12, David Mack said:

Drone footage of the Wastdale H and Arkendale H, 60 years after they brought down the Severn Railway Bridge.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-gloucestershire-54651734

 

I'm a bit confused. Presumably they've been sitting in that position since the disaster and were always visible at low tide. It's just the drone footage that's new?

[Tim Lewis]

7 minutes ago, blackrose said:

 

I'm a bit confused. Presumably they've been sitting in that position since the disaster and were always visible at low tide. It's just the drone footage that's new?

"New drone footage gives us a close-up view of the remains of the shipwrecked vessels."

[Graham Davis]

At one stage they were a lot more covered over, but the Severn regularly changes it's patterns in that area.