{"id":735,"date":"2012-05-07T14:52:36","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T14:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=735"},"modified":"2013-11-16T23:31:48","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T23:31:48","slug":"inchgreen-drydock-cranes-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/high-places\/inchgreen-drydock-cranes-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Inchgreen Drydock Cranes II"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Inchgreen is a large drydock in Port Glasgow, on the Firth of Clyde – built to handle the largest ships of the ’60s, it’s still owned by BAE Systems and used occasionally. There are three lovely big level-luffing cranes. I’ve climbed the Inchgreen cranes before<\/a>, but I wasn’t entirely happy with the images I got shooting handheld, so kept meaning to go back.
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The target was the one on the right, built by Arrols. As you can see, this is still a live site, and the cranes were in a different position to last time.<\/p>\n

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The long climb up:<\/p>\n

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I remembered that it was a big ladder – what I forgot was the handrails – or lack of them. The mesh platforms up top are two feet wide at their widest, with a handrail on only one side – sometimes. I was, frankly, terrified, but managed a couple of shots:<\/p>\n

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Then descended…<\/p>\n

One final shot of a crane, ‘cos it’s pretty:<\/p>\n

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PS some historic images of the place:<\/p>\n

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Confusingly, the cranes have been upgraded I think – these cranes are different.<\/p>\n

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