Report - Dredging plant, near Marcorignan, France, March 2016

[HughieD]

Bit of French urbex on my recent holiday. This place 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:

img4307 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Now surrounded by trees:

img4322 by HughieDW, on Flickr

All supported by a series of stilts:

img4309 by HughieDW, on Flickr

img4324 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Some of the obligatory local’s graff:

img4310 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Close-up of two of the loading hoppers:

img4311 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Some sort of winding gear?

img4312 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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

img4314 by HughieDW, on Flickr

And the tower to raise the silt up:

img4313 by HughieDW, on Flickr

From this angle it looks like some medieval war machine:

img4318 by HughieDW, on Flickr

A one of the storage areas above the loading hoppers:

img4315 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Steps up to the top of the plant:

img4316 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Not too much to report up here:

img4319 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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

img4320 by HughieDW, on Flickr

 

[WildBoyz]

Nice little find; I like it when you're out and about and remnants like this crop up.

 

[HughieD]

Nice little find; I like it when you're out and about and remnants like this crop up.

Cheers mate. Was exactly like that. Got out and about to see what was there and there was more than expected!