Comments on: Holyhead Breakwater

By: Menai Bridge « GeoTopoi

Menai Bridge « GeoTopoi — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:00:00 +0000

[...] London and Dublin increased. Telford built the suspension bridge as part of his road from London to Holyhead, the ferry port chosen to link Great Britain with [...]

By: Breakwater Quarry and Brickworks, Holyhead « GeoTopoi

Breakwater Quarry and Brickworks, Holyhead « GeoTopoi — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:50:00 +0000

[...] amounts of rock were required during the construction between 1845 and 1873 of Holyhead Breakwater. Although the dressed stone visible in the part of the structure above water came from a quarry in [...]

By: Graham Stephen

Graham Stephen — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:17:36 +0000

Passers by probably wondered what I was playing at, staring along the top of the parapet

By: Dezra Despain

Dezra Despain — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:49:53 +0000

The last photo is fascinating with the heat coming off the stone. Makes one do a double take to try to understand it.

By: Graham Stephen

Graham Stephen — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:22:28 +0000

Mil gracias, Manoli. Que tengas un buen finde!

By: Graham Stephen

Graham Stephen — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:20:55 +0000

The ferry design is a bit disjointed looking, isn’t it?

By: Graham Stephen

Graham Stephen — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:19:55 +0000

De nada, Marcia. Saludos!

By: Holyhead Mountain « GeoTopoi

Holyhead Mountain « GeoTopoi — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:46:17 +0000

[...] quarried from the Mountain was used in the construction of Holyhead Breakwater, which was completed in [...]

By: ManoliRizoFotografia

ManoliRizoFotografia — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:18:47 +0000

Bellas tomas, ¡que lugares mas bonitos e interesantes!, tienes de todo!!, abrazos

By: teigl

teigl — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:39:22 +0000

Very nice topper shot, the colours are super. What a pity that ferry wasn’t built on the Clyde. It looks like it has been cobbled together from about three other unrelated objects. Nice photo, though all the same!