Leibherr

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Leibherr

Postby Whickham » Wed Sep 06, 2017 5:14 pm

The former Laing Yard at Deptford now the site of Leibherr Cranes 06/09/2017.
You can still see where the slipways used to be and I think the big shed is from the yard days as well.

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Re: Leibherr

Postby Stephen Swinhoe » Thu Sep 07, 2017 7:20 am

The big shed used to be J.Bay, we called it the 'Cathedral'. I have good memories of working at Laing's, happy days taken from us.
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Re: Leibherr

Postby Whickham » Thu Sep 07, 2017 11:38 am

A couple more photos of the Leibherr site taken at low tide and showing how the river has silted up since the regular dredging was stopped.

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Photo by Stephen Swinhoe

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Photo by Stephen Swinhoe

Difficult to believe that my shot of BRITISH BEECH was taken just to the right of the second photo.

See: viewtopic.php?f=184&t=301&p=553#p553
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