Dredging plant, near Marcorignan, France, March 2016

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Not done a report for a few weeks but going to put that right now. Just back from a family holiday in the south of France. Limited to local where-we-were-staying explores in the early morning so nothing spectacular by any means, but still fun. Managed to check out a number of places I came across in the locality.

The first place I came across was this bijou industrial site. It was sat on the banks of the River Aude just outside where we were staying. No history on the place but it looks it was used to dredge the sediment up from the river for possible industrial use or maybe to keep the river navigable (?). Anyhow – like I said, a very small site but quite photogenic and hence meritous of a ‘full’ report. On with da pix.

After walking through one of the area’s many vine yards on a glorious March morn the plant looms up at you like some kind of strange monster:

25459862753_cf06baa034_b.jpgimg4307 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Now surrounded by trees:

25458142164_d0972d324c_b.jpgimg4322 by HughieDW, on Flickr

All supported by a series of stilts:

25969875952_b0f403c8f1_b.jpgimg4309 by HughieDW, on Flickr

25460439083_14b976ab57_b.jpgimg4324 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Some of the obligatory local’s graff:

25457617964_8ebd738c0e_b.jpgimg4310 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Close-up of two of the loading hoppers:

25969817982_6d068a9169_b.jpgimg4311 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Some sort of winding gear?

25457723994_99a7fa40bc_b.jpgimg4312 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Here’s the buckets-on-a-chain bit of the system:

26062746405_ac125a7f92_b.jpgimg4314 by HughieDW, on Flickr

And the tower to raise the silt up:

25789920490_3ae9f8df13_b.jpgimg4313 by HughieDW, on Flickr

From this angle it looks like some medieval war machine:

25790140540_cee4879f7d_b.jpgimg4318 by HughieDW, on Flickr

A one of the storage areas above the loading hoppers:

25457924454_939b105278_b.jpgimg4315 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Steps up to the top of the plant:

26062661455_829b855dc0_b.jpgimg4316 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Not too much to report up here:

25970428992_e9cc3c309c_b.jpgimg4319 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Finally some poignant graff on the road bridge that overlooks the site:

25970389472_829c5d896c_b.jpgimg4320 by HughieDW, on Flickr
 
It looks like you had a fantastic time in the South of France! Lovely pictures of this interesting place :)
 

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