Douglas Lifeboat Station - created by Heathcliffe


Douglas Lifeboat Station
Favs: 0SBS: n/aHi-resRank: 5/43Score: 67.8% (18)12610 views

Located in a small yard given to the Lifeboat Institution by the Harbour Commissioners, at the foot of the Battery Pier with boats having to be man handled across the road in to the water, this was the routine until in 1874 when a slipway was built. A third new station along side the old slipway was built in the 1920's and is the present building and used to house the newly arrived motor powered "Manchester and Salford" so that the boat could be housed ready for use at a moments notice, and remained in service until well after the end of WW2.
In the 1950’s the first diesel powered Lifeboats arrived, with the present boat "Sir William Hillary" named after the Founder of the RNLI, which has just been refitted and has been in service since 1988...
The Lifeboat house is still in use today, and earlier this year 2004 the Boathouse received a new roof to replace the asbestos one which was condemned, and during this time the crew were using two containers as temporary station premises. (5 years and 3115 days ago)

avatar friiskiwi
friiskiwi says:

Great moody photo.

avatar ctbugan
ctbugan says:

This is a really cool photo. I like the dark skies and reds in the picture.

Howdie stranger!
If you want to rate this picture or participate in this contest, just:

LOGIN HERE or REGISTER FOR FREE


Piers Photography Contest


Under the Pier
UnderthePier
by
riady
13687 views
- final score: 68.9%

There be a storm a brewin
Therebeastormabrewin
by
MnMCarta
11242 views
- final score: 68.5%

Iced
Iced
by
Luvs2Rock
10800 views
- final score: 68.3%

Calm
Calm
by
Remsphoto
8512 views
- final score: 67.9%

Douglas Lifeboat Station
DouglasLifeboatStation
by
Heathcliffe
12611 views
- final score: 67.8%

Calm
Calm
by
friiskiwi
4001 views
- final score: 67.8%

Weird Weather off the Coast
WeirdWeatherofftheCoast
by
MnMCarta
7992 views
- final score: 67.7%

Stewart Island
StewartIsland
by
deringer
7159 views
- final score: 66.8%

pier in sephia
pierinsephia
by
maclu2iaf
6472 views
- final score: 66.5%

Windy Day
WindyDay
by
MnMCarta
4120 views
- final score: 66.3%

Cherry Grove Pier
CherryGrovePier
by
mrpants93
8216 views
- final score: 66%

Muelle del tinto
Muelledeltinto
by
sande1001
6097 views
- final score: 65.4%

Historic Brighton
HistoricBrighton
by
MakenzieW1
4964 views
- final score: 65.2%

Watching From The Pier
WatchingFromThePier
by
Alive
6152 views
- final score: 65.1%

Brighton Pier
BrightonPier
by
jeaniblog
6654 views
- final score: 64.7%

Burghead North Pier
BurgheadNorthPier
by
jeaniblog
4809 views
- final score: 64.4%

Foggy morning
Foggymorning
by
friiskiwi
3948 views
- final score: 64.3%

Lake Jetty
LakeJetty
by
FallingHorse
4234 views
- final score: 64.2%

Pier .
Pier
by
Rajini
5233 views
- final score: 63.8%

Skeleton Pier
SkeletonPier
by
jeaniblog
4339 views
- final score: 63.3%

Thinking Spot
ThinkingSpot
by
KnotHead
5390 views
- final score: 63.2%

Long Walk
LongWalk
by
WYSIWYG
3685 views
- final score: 63.2%

A famous pier
Afamouspier
by
nikita61
6606 views
- final score: 63.2%

Fun in Maine
FuninMaine
by
poetress59
4842 views
- final score: 62.6%

Makinac Pier
MakinacPier
by
ClickitChick
5244 views
- final score: 62.4%

Pier reflection
Pierreflection
by
Greenacres
4490 views
- final score: 62.2%

Framed
Framed
by
friiskiwi
3146 views
- final score: 61.8%

gold
gold
by
lincemiope
2910 views
- final score: 61.7%

chumphon
chumphon
by
islandgirl84
6359 views
- final score: 61.4%

Fishin' Boat
FishinBoat
by
KnotHead
3629 views
- final score: 61.4%

maldive
maldive
by
lincemiope
3848 views
- final score: 61.4%

Peace
Peace
by
rbsgrl
3400 views
- final score: 61%

Sunday Funday
SundayFunday
by
rbsgrl
4566 views
- final score: 60.2%

Energy Advance
EnergyAdvance
by
FallingHorse
6111 views
- final score: 60.1%

End of the pier
Endofthepier
by
emilymnewell
4272 views
- final score: 59.9%

Apache Pier
ApachePier
by
emilymnewell
3630 views
- final score: 59.8%

a quiet place
aquietplace
by
nikita61
4720 views
- final score: 59.4%

Trollers
Trollers
by
islandgirl84
6009 views
- final score: 59.3%

Let's go fishing
Letsgofishing
by
rbsgrl
3512 views
- final score: 59.2%

Myrtle Beach from above
MyrtleBeachfromabove
by
emilymnewell
4994 views
- final score: 58.5%

Emerald Coast
EmeraldCoast
by
KnotHead
3097 views
- final score: 58.2%

Waiting
Waiting
by
6tann
2925 views
- final score: 57.9%

From the pier
Fromthepier
by
Artifakts
3566 views
- final score: 57.6%

Howdie Guest!
You need to be logged in to rate this entry and participate in the contests!

LOGIN HERE or REGISTER FOR FREE