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One of my readers sent me this interesting sheet from the plans for Margate harbour arm, as you see it is held in place by piles driven into the ground. This is a different construction method to Ramsgate’s harbour arms, which have granite foundations embedded in the chalk.
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info here- http://margate.org.uk/index.php?page=margaet-harbour-1980
ReplyDeleteInteresting question Michael. Was there not some reconstruction after the 1953 floods?
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ReplyDeleteSo they're not sticks of Margate rock then. BTW, can you still get Margate rock?
ReplyDeleteThank you all for the information and contributions, sticks and stones lasted 138 years it does make one wonder why Turner 1 was such a fiasco.
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