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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6478 on: April 16, 2022, 11:27:12 PM »
This is how I found quickly - GSV 3D.  Picked it out quite quickly as I worked along the riverside.
I didn't go for it as I've had quite a few lately and running short of material.  Have managed to put a few together since, so ready to go on the next one - assuming I guess it of course  :D

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6477 on: April 16, 2022, 07:10:48 PM »
MartinR ,sorry if I caused confusion .My Guess photo wasn't taken from GESV it was from a publicity pack produced while I was working there. For all I know the asbestos shed behind the brick building may well have been demolished  by now The one on street view looks tin clad and much lower than i remember.



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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6476 on: April 16, 2022, 08:12:17 AM »
I agree that the building is on GSV, it's just that the particular shot you used isn't.  Specifically one which shows the roof line of the building behind superimposed and apparently belonging to the brick building.  Frankly though it doesn't really matter, being on GSV is not a requirement, and both Stuart and John found it.  I'd never have found it without their assistance (looking in the wrong place) but once they pointed it out I got there.  It was a good puzzle though, for it shows how these souless modern industrial estates can still hide historical buildings within them.  Thanks.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6475 on: April 16, 2022, 07:31:44 AM »
There is no problem seeing the building on SV,. Look to the right from where Lower Road joins manor Way .The Brick Building with the Antemnnas is just behind and to the left of the main Reception building.


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6474 on: April 15, 2022, 09:08:34 PM »
I've been up and down Manor Way virtually and can't get the same shot, so I'm afraid I've got to agree with John, I can't find the view on GSV.
Oh, and first Stuart, then John identified the place before I posted any co-ordinates, it was only then that I managed to find it, so I think the honours goes to Stuart.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6473 on: April 15, 2022, 08:45:09 PM »
Brittania Refined Metals .Northfleet. It is on street view quite clear from Manor Way.


Your turn MartinR :)


I've tried numerous GSV and Google Earth  views from different years and I cannot get the view that you show Grandarog.  Now I'm curious.  :D

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6472 on: April 15, 2022, 08:15:33 PM »
I've worked there on their drains. Britannia Refined Metals in Northfleet.


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6471 on: April 15, 2022, 07:38:40 PM »
I've worked there on their drains. Britannia Refined Metals in Northfleet.


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6470 on: April 15, 2022, 06:06:28 PM »
Brittania Refined Metals .Northfleet. It is on street view quite clear from Manor Way.


Your turn MartinR :)

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6469 on: April 15, 2022, 12:04:14 PM »
Factory location:
  • Grid:          TQ 61351 75286
  • Post code: DA11 9BG
  • WGS84:     51°27'13"N, 000°19'15"E or 51.45347,0.32084
I can't give a camera location because that particular view is not on GSV.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6468 on: April 15, 2022, 11:47:33 AM »
I noticed that their jetty still has rail tracks and a mini-turntable.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6467 on: April 15, 2022, 10:18:25 AM »
I've worked there on their drains. Britannia Refined Metals in Northfleet.
"I did not say the French would not come, I said they will not come by sea" - Admiral Sir John Jervis, 1st Earl St Vincent.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6466 on: April 14, 2022, 01:17:43 PM »
I think it had its own jetty in use at one time.


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6465 on: April 14, 2022, 09:50:19 AM »
How near is "very near"?  Are we talking waterside, or a few streets inland?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #6464 on: April 14, 2022, 07:43:27 AM »
Gone very Quiet,
Another Clue .
Very near the Thames.
West of Gravesend but not as far as Ebbsfleet.
 Keep looking :) :)


If nobody else gets it soon, I'll go for it to keep things moving  :)