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 J.17.

Afloat and ready to be warped alongside for completion. The stockpiles and the small barge quay of the Rowhedge Sand and Ballast Company are in the right background, later transformed into a large commercial quay but by 2004 no longer used by shipping. [JL]

Plate.48 in SWW. 
Cat1 Places-->Wivenhoe-->Shipyards Cat2 Ships and Boats-->Naval

J.17.
Afloat and ready to be warped alongside for completion. The stockpiles and the small barge quay of the Rowhedge Sand and Ballast Company are in the right background, later transformed into a large commercial quay but by 2004 no longer used by shipping. [JL]
Plate.48 in SWW.
Date: 1940      


Photo: John Leather Collection - Douglas Went
Image ID BOXB5_014_012
Category 1 Places-->Wivenhoe-->Shipyards
Category 2 Ships and Boats-->Naval


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This image is part of the Mersea Museum Collection.