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Title: Dredging Harbour
Post by: mgeneas on Sunday 05 February 23 22:38 GMT (UK)
Probably somewhere in Devon or Somerset
Title: Re: Dredging Harbour
Post by: Erato on Sunday 05 February 23 22:40 GMT (UK)
Interesting how the name of the company is spelled two different ways on the same machine.
Title: Re: Dredging Harbour
Post by: tellx on Monday 06 February 23 06:20 GMT (UK)
Not sure what you're after but the company seems to have existed from 11th Jan 2002 - 7th Nov 2018.

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04233033
Title: Re: Dredging Harbour
Post by: Kay99 on Monday 06 February 23 06:32 GMT (UK)
Could this be relevant at Watchet :-\  https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/archive/how-dean-dyball-ruled-watchets-waves-14-06-2001/

Kay
Title: Re: Dredging Harbour
Post by: Kay99 on Monday 06 February 23 07:09 GMT (UK)
Maybe https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Watchet_Harbour_-_remains_of_the_West_Somerset_Mineral_Railway_%28geograph_3381257%29.jpg

OH noticed on the original photo hills on the horizon that might be South Wales in distant views :-\

Kay

Some stock photos of the harbour https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/watchet-somerset-uk-harbour-wall.html?sortBy=relevant
Title: Re: Dredging Harbour
Post by: arthurk on Monday 06 February 23 16:09 GMT (UK)
After looking at a variety of photos, I think Watchet Harbour is probably correct. Here are a few of them:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/red-lighthouse-end-wharf-watchet-somerset-1269027
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3888272
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2433614
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5377545

OH noticed on the original photo hills on the horizon that might be South Wales in distant views :-\

Good spot! I think, though, that it might be Steep Holm to the left and Brean Down to the right. I was a bit doubtful about exactly which direction you'd be looking out from the harbour, but Steep Holm is very distinctive, and very similar to this.
Title: Re: Dredging Harbour
Post by: Kay99 on Monday 06 February 23 17:14 GMT (UK)
Great idea re the island and Brean Down.  I agree that Steep Holm is very distinctive

Kay