2016

NZ4250 : Eyes down!

taken 8 years ago, near to Seaham, County Durham, England

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Eyes down!
Eyes down!
The Londonderry Bottleworks located to the south of the Harbour NZ4348 were part of the industrial heritage of Seaham from 1853 until closure in 1921. During that period, large quantities of waste glass, together with spillages from the industrial processes, were dumped into the sea. In the following decades, glass fragments of many colours have been ground down by marine action to form translucent pebbles. Some of the "sea glass" is made into jewellery.

Despite the cold wind, a combination of half term and publicity arising from a recent item on BBC 1's "Country file" have led here to large numbers of fortune seekers combing the north beach at Seaham for further examples.

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Geographical Context: Coastal People, Events Rocks, Scree, Cliffs Primary Subject: Beach other tags: Cliffs Shingle Beach People Treasure Hunting Beachcombing Beach Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · North of Seaham [25] · Seas at Seaham [18] · Seaham Harbour [12] · Sea Glass is made into Jewellery [4] Title Clusters: · Eyes down! [4] ·
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NZ4250, 110 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Oliver Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 16 February, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 17 February, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 4238 5071 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:50.9644N 1:20.4899W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 42445 50641
View Direction
Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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