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A Great Ship's Graveyard
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A strange title you may think. This is Rock Ferry beach on The Wirral (the south) side of the River Mersey, a few miles upstream from "Glorious" New Brighton.

It was here in 1899 that one of the greatest ships ever built, The SS Great Eastern was run aground and broken up for scrap.

The SS Great Eastern was the largest ship designed and built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, without doubt Britain's greatest ever engineer . The Great Eastern was designed to sail round the world non-stop and was at the forefront of maritime design. Unfortunately it never lived up to its potential and eked out a sad existence far from the glamorous life for which it was designed and ended its days on this muddy bank of The Mersey where at low tide little rusty remains of the ship can still be found.

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::tigger3
08/25/10 12:05 AM GMT
Hello Steve, This fine image has a great story behind it. Nicely done on both counts. =^..^=sandi♥

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::0930_23
08/25/10 1:40 AM GMT
What a great story and the photo fits perfectly Caruso. Your country has built some great ships and also ill fated ones. I like the boats around looking like little scavengers picking through her bones.

VFS-TicK

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.Joanie
08/25/10 1:54 AM GMT
A nice muddy graveyard full of old thoughts! Excellent Steve!
Joanie
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::Jimbobedsel
08/25/10 2:21 AM GMT
I think I have spotted my stolen row boat. I bet the durn thieves kept my paddles though. LOL. Excellent shot with a beautiful sky.
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.koca
08/25/10 6:50 AM GMT
Pretty shot of this great place. Nice composition, very impressive.
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::Dunstickin
08/25/10 6:58 AM GMT
Brunel could turn his mind to anything!....

This is a nice moody take pal...such a shame about the great ship too!..
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.Tedi
08/25/10 6:59 AM GMT
Very good photo, nice place, I love it.
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::corngrowth
08/25/10 9:56 AM GMT
Steve, although I already knew the story about the s.s. 'Great Eastern', I've checked-out your links.
Great to read it again. Think too that Tick has hitted the nail on its head by his comment.
Wonderful post, my friend.
Regards, Cornelius.
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::Genver
08/25/10 12:50 AM GMT
The photo looks very good,Steve,the view is very good as well as the quality,the sky looks very good too.
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Logun7
08/25/10 3:01 PM GMT
Very dramatic post! I like it very much especially the sky. I would hate to be the one who has to clean the bottom of the boats after sitting in the muck:)
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.gonedigital
08/25/10 6:05 PM GMT
Brunel was a great engineer as you say Steve, it was a shame that he was ahead of his time though. Great shot of the beach at low tide, rock on Tommy (o:
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::Heroictitof
08/25/10 6:58 PM GMT
Impressive sky !
Well captured.
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::LynEve
08/26/10 1:44 PM GMT
Great info Steve !
Photo really has an atmopsphere and I love the glowering sky
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::johindes
08/29/10 11:20 PM GMT
What a very interesting upload U Steve x
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::bingwa
09/06/10 5:20 AM GMT
It's the low tide and all the boats resting on the bottom that I like mostly ... nicely done.

Winona
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