19 January, 2020

electric substation

down on the harbour's pier.  It was finished last month and took almost a year.  Now there are outlets for the ships to plug in and recharge their batteries or just get power.
The timeline relates to when I took the photos so it is an estimate of when the construction was completed.

January 2019


February 2019


March 2019


December 2019


the housing for the outlets, not all of them where done at the same time
October 2019


October 2019





31 comments:

  1. It is nice to see the the progress of the works.

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  2. Indeed let call it progress but I am not sure if the cladding of the natural stone is on its place there in the harbour.

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  3. The ships must have very long electric cables all the way to shore when they are out at sea. Sometimes they sail miles away. How do they ensure their cables do not get tied up with other ships' cables? Do you know, Bill?

    God bless.

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  4. I like that they used the stone facade, to make it pleasant to look at.

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  5. Well, here it´d take much longer (refering to John) :-)
    I like the way it looks, well done. A happy Sunday to you, Bill.

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  6. Maybe there will be 100% electric ships one day.

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  7. Hello, I like the stonework. Enjoy your day, wishing you a happy new week ahead.

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  8. ...an important thing at the harbor, but something that I wouldn't have thought much about!

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  9. Quite an update! Great timeline photos, Bill.

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  10. Ha Bill, dat heb je mooi bijgehouden. het is mooi afgewerkt, een heel nuttig station.
    Groet Kees.

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  11. How great to see a way to recharge batteries while at shore...as well as run lights and motors without their own generators. Somehow I've always expected to have that outlet available to ships, but never thought of how it arrived there!

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  12. One more thing I've learned today!
    :)

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  13. I love seeing the progression of the work. And, it looks like it was quite a job.

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  14. That is something I never thought about. Good post, Bill!

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  15. Making things easier for the boat owners..

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  16. How cool is that? I liked seeing the timeline of it being built.

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  17. Whew, that was a big project. Good to have it all done... it probably will bring more ships to your harbor.

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  18. Excellent documentation Bill, it's always interesting to see how theses projects progress and how long they actually take from start to finish ✨

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  19. That looks quite a project, you've documented it very well with your photographs.

    All the best Jan

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  20. They did some nice stonework on the building.

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  21. Fine series showing the progress. I like your last photo should all the lines holding the ship to the dock.

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  22. I don't when last time we had major over haul on our substation

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  23. Wow, I didn't think of ships plugging in. But we have plenty of places for cars to recharge, so why not?

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  24. Wow, that is amazing and good to see how progress was made for the modern day.

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