2020

SJ3566 : Airbus barge dock

taken 4 years ago, near to Sandycroft, Flintshire/Sir y Fflint, Wales

Airbus barge dock
Airbus barge dock
Looking across the River Dee towards a dock for transporting wings from the Airbus factory.
Afon Dyfrdwy - The River Dee

The Afon Dyfrdwy (The River Dee) is a sixty-eight mile long river which rises at Llanuwchllyn in Snowdonia. The river travels in a south-easterly direction, making its way across the border into England. It then changes course to a northerly direction towards its estuary, between North Wales and The Wirral Peninsula in England. It drains into Liverpool Bay and the Irish Sea.

The River Dee's course takes it through the Welsh towns of Berwyn, Corwen, Llangollen, Wrexham and Connah's Quay, the English town of Farndon and the English city of Chester. At Wrexham the river is a natural border between Wales and England. At Connah’s Quay the river becomes tidal for the last sixteen miles.

Airbus Industrie A380 wings

The Airbus Industrie A380 is so large that individual parts are built all over the world. LinkExternal link Improved_A380-800 The wings are built at the Broughton factory and have to be transported to Toulouse by water. One A380 wing at a time is transported on a special vehicle the short distance from the factory to the barge quay on the River Dee. Once loaded onto the barge it will then travel to Mostyn to be loaded onto a ship for the final journey to Toulouse.


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Geographical Context: Rivers, Streams, Drainage Docks, Harbours Primary Subject: Dock
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Looking across the River Dee [8] ·
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SJ3566, 65 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
DS Pugh   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 8 August, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 3534 6673 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:11.6223N 2:58.1559W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 35483 66765
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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