Karavostasi
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50 years after the Turkish invasion and occupation of the northern part of Cyprus, the pier is still hanging on.
A train, a tugboat and the pier at Karavostasi, an old copper mine that stopped working since the Turkish invasion in 1974
The abandoned jetty at Xeros, occupied by Turkey since 1974.
Abandoned jetty in Xeros, in the occupied northern part of Cyprus, 49 years after Turkey's invasion and occupation.
This is one of the first shots with my new "toy", the z9.
Handheld, 2-shot panorama combined in Lightroom Classic.
The clouds are hanging over Mount Olympus in Cyprus, seen from the entrance to the long disused works of the Cyprus Mines Corporation at Karavostasi. Two abandoned 762mm gauge copper-ore side-tipping wagons stand on the former tipping dock on 20th May 2006.
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The rusting funnel of abandoned former TID London tug boat 'TID154' built in 1945, latterly in the ownership of Cyprus Mines Corporation, the boat beached alongside the remains of the pier and custom house at Karavostassi in North Cyprus on the Morphou Bay on 20th May 2006.
This web page gives account of its history:
www.medwaymaritimetrust.org.uk/tid154/Index.htm
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The abandoned rail-connected pier at Karavostasi, North Cyprus, on 20th May 2006. The point work leading to twin 762mm gauge tracks on the pier were still in-situ, but the ravages of the sea had partly destroyed the pier, which had last been used for copper-ore shipments from the Cyprus Mines Corporation mines at Xeros/Gemikonağı in July 1974.
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The former custom house and multi-lingual (Greek-Turkish-English) sign by the abandoned Cyprus Mines Corporation twin rail-connected pier at Karavostassi in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, on 20th May 2006.The pier had been abandoned since July 1974, and the ravages of the sea had turned it into something reesembling a funfair 'big dipper' ride.
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The cast iron maker's plate of 762mm gauge Vulcan Iron Works 0-4-0 petrol-mechanical 'switcher' 'No.2' (W/No.4032 built in 1929) abandoned since 1974 at Cyprus Mines Corporation Copper Mines in North Cyprus, on 19th March 2005.
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The bow of former 'TID' tug from London 'TID145', latterly in the ownership of the Cyprus Mines Corporation, and the derelict rail-connected pierhead and crane at Karavostasi (Gemikonagi) in the Morphou Bay, North Cyprus, on 20th May 2006.
This web page gives account of its history:
www.medwaymaritimetrust.org.uk/tid154/Index.htm
© Gordon Edgar - All rights reserved. Please do not use my images without my explicit permission
The head-shunt and tipping point, with two abandoned 762mm gauge copper-ore side-tipping wagons, at the main acccess point and gatehpouse for the Cyprus Mines Corporation Karavostasi, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on 20th May 2006.
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Glimpsed through the mimosa trees and still standing on a short section of remaining 762mm gauge trackwork on 19th March 2005, Plymouth type 'MDT' 4-wheel diesel-mechanical 'CMC 9' (W/No.6297 built in 1962) had stood dumped in this same position for over 30 years at the former copper-ore works of the Cyprus Mines Corporation at Karavostasi in North Cyprus.
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The abandoned and partially cleared polluted industrial site of the former Cyprus Mines Corporation works at Karavostasi in North Cyprus on 19th March 2005, with Vulcan Ironworks 0-4-0 petrol-mechanical 'CMC 4' (W/No.4205 built in 1937) presumably awaiting the cutter's torch, being so heavily cannibalised, presumably having taken place before the closure of the works in 1974.
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'TID' tugboat London', (TID145) built in 1945 and latterly used by the Cyprus Mines Corporation until July 1974, beached on the Morphou Bay at Karavostasi pier in North Cyprus.
This web page gives account of its history:
www.medwaymaritimetrust.org.uk/tid154/Index.htm
© Gordon Edgar - All rights reserved. Please do not use my images without my explicit permission
The disused settling ponds at Cyprus Mines Corporation copper-ore mines and works at Karavostasi on 19th March 2005, thirty years since it was abandoned.
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