50A. Dockside roof prior to demolition, early 2000’s?
This shows the inset railway track mentioned above, the end of the mill reception siding, a parallel track ran along originally inside the loading dock to the right. The visible track was breached twice, once when no 6 was rebuilt, the transformer and switchgear buildings were constructed on the trace, leaving just the parallel road open – later known as the machine services corridor (or smelly alley as it was often floored with rotting overflowed pulp), the other breach is just visible in the foreground the concrete top of new hythe sump, dug to intercept an outfall to the river and divert the water to the effluent plant, the pump house was tucked almost under the platform of New Hythe station to the left of this photo. The stainless steel pipe crossing the roadway and running along the dock sidewall was installed to re-route the effluent from NHS to the new effluent plant built on the boiler house site when no 6 machine was restarted along with major redevelopment of the pulp yard and kraft beaterfloor areas for a new prep plant (Island site prep plant was then closed).
