J3575 : The SS "Nomadic", Belfast (2013-1)
taken 11 years ago, near to Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
A dry dock entered via the Abercorn Basin and once used by Harland & Wolff for repairs to coasters etc. Long disused and now (2011) being renovated as part of the Titanic Quarter developments.
There was an application, in March 2011, for planning permission: “0435/F Hamilton Graving Dock, Queens Road, Queens Island, Belfast Restoration of former graving dock, display of former caisson gate and SS Nomadic ship in permanently dry dock. Ship to include interpretation education space, cafe & entertainments licence. Proposals to dock side to include repair to existing surfaces and new surface materials, new lighting, boundary railings and dock edge railings as well as restoration and extension of existing pump house and installation of bridge and gangways”.
A selection of photographs showing some of the buildings and the undeveloped sites in the Titanic Quarter, Belfast. The area includes 185 acres of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard. The new buildings cover a range of uses including apartments, offices, hotel, a college, the Public Record Office for Northern Ireland and the “Titanic Belfast”.
- Grid Square
- J3575, 1038 images (more nearby )
- Photographer
- Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Friday, 5 April, 2013 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 5 April, 2013
- Geographical Context
- Subject Location
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Irish: J 350 751 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:36.3699N 5:54.6816W - Camera Location
- Irish: J 349 750
- View Direction
- North-northeast (about 22 degrees)