MARINE WORKSHOPS
Repair shop for tractor units
By Stephen Morris
Some pictures taken during the Sea Containers era when the Marine Workshops were being used for maintenance of the tractor units used for pulling the trailers left on the quayside onto the ferries for trans-shipment across to Dieppe.
Victorian equipment mounted overhead looking as though drive belts were still being used connected to the pulley wheels. This was at the time the workshops were being used for maintenance and repairs of the road vehicles.
The railway lines were still in evidence for the mobile crane. Also can be seen the former steam sub-shed for the 0-6-0 Terriers that ran across the bridge to the breakwater in bygone days.
Quite a contrast to the present use as a University Technical College!