J3474 : Dredging the River Lagan, Belfast 2010-11 (121)

taken 13 years ago, near to Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Dredging the River Lagan, Belfast 2010-11 (121)
Dredging the River Lagan, Belfast 2010-11 (121)
Within two minutes of the arrival of the crane barge J3474 : Dredging the River Lagan, Belfast 2010-11 (120) the “Cranagh Star” was going astern with an empty dumb barge. The “Beachley”, in the meantime, continues to discharge (background, right).
Dredging the River Lagan, Belfast - 2010/11

Work is about to start on the dredging of the River Lagan downstream of the Stranmillis weir. According to an official statement “The £2.8m contract, awarded to local firm Graham Construction, will see dredging on the river for the first time since 1994 . . . It will start mid-September and is due to finish spring 2011. The work involves thousands of tonnes of silt being removed by diggers and disposed off at an approved location out at sea. The river will be initially closed to navigation for safety reasons during the period of the contract. However, after consultation with river users the works will be completed on a sectional basis with the first section being handed over to river users after six weeks.” The last dredging contract was in 2002 J3474 : Dredging barges, River Lagan, Belfast (2).

Workboats, River Lagan, Belfast

A series of photographs showing workboats on the River Lagan, Belfast.

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Wednesday, 16 February, 2011   (more nearby)
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Wednesday, 16 February, 2011
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Boat or ship > Barges   (more nearby)
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Irish: geotagged! J 344 744 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:36.0446N 5:55.1997W
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Irish: geotagged! J 345 744
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