Photo 6. Showing parts of no 2 machine taken out into the old Stirling boilerhouse area for scrapping. Photo apparently taken from the end of the island site bridge with the end of the white beaterfloor / clay plant in the bottom left. The coal bunkers had been demolished and parts of the old salle rebuilt as a warehouse.
Also seen here is the 2 metre high flood wall constructed along the river bank, this was done to mitigate against flooding in the event of a high spring tide, high preceding rainfall, strong north east wind and closure of the Woolwich barrier forcing water up the Medway. Before the wall was raised we had had some close calls with water and effluent staff monitoring the rise of water backing up in no 1 and 2 east mill clarifier launders, ready to shut down the mill water supply to prevent the drains from backing up especially along Perimeter Road.
