Canaveral-by-Thames

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Thameside-Gantry.jpg
Originally uploaded by Simon Bradshaw

Walking along the Thames near Westferry, I spotted this example of what seems to be a launch gantry recycled as a set of balconies for this riverside tower block. It even features an enclosed top floor, akin to the 'White Room' of real rocket gantries.

No sign, alas, of a massive crawler ready to trundle the whole edifice northwards should the Thames Barrier spring a leak.

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My caption for a very similar ohoto on Flickr was 'And the award for most gratuitous use of architectural iron mongery goes to...'