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Kingswear Castle (1924)
Kingswear
Castle seen cruising along the outer reaches of the River Medway in
procession with PS Waverley from where this series of photos were taken
on 27th September 2000 by Phil Barnes.
This meeting of the UK's
two operational paddlers was an annual event undertaken in September
when Waverley visited the area, but has now ceased following the
transfer of Kingswear Castle to the River Dart. The Dart, her original
home, is a much more picturesque area than the outer reaches of the
Medway, where tidal sands are revealed and the low-lying surrounding
shores provide homes for numerous industrial complexes. Only once the
estuary narrows and takes on more river-like proportions closer to
Rochester does the scenery begin to resemble something more akin to the
expected habitat of a tourist-orientated pleasure steamer
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