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Obsidian Urbex Photography
Obsidian Urbex Photography
@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social  路  activity timestamp 7 days ago

馃啎 馃殺 馃嚞馃嚙 New location feature: The Pearl of the Dane, England.

This abandoned floating restaurant is moored along a riverbank. This old Danish fishing boat was given a facelift to look like a 1920s-style paddle steamer!

It opened as an 80-seater restaurant serving exotic dishes. The novelty faded quickly, and it closed just 18 months later. It has sat #abandoned for 25 years.

Full write-up and gallery now live on my website 馃憞
https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/leisure/the-pearl-of-the-dane-england/

#England #Urbex #Boat #Ship #History

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A striking urbex photo shows a weathered red and black boat abandoned in an overgrown canal, surrounded by lush green foliage.
A striking urbex photo shows a weathered red and black boat abandoned in an overgrown canal, surrounded by lush green foliage.
A striking urbex photo shows a weathered red and black boat abandoned in an overgrown canal, surrounded by lush green foliage.
A decaying wooden interior features exposed beams, broken floorboards, and long windows showing lush green foliage. Red railings descend to a lower level.
A decaying wooden interior features exposed beams, broken floorboards, and long windows showing lush green foliage. Red railings descend to a lower level.
A decaying wooden interior features exposed beams, broken floorboards, and long windows showing lush green foliage. Red railings descend to a lower level.
An abandoned red and grey boat is heavily overgrown with lush green foliage under an overcast sky.
An abandoned red and grey boat is heavily overgrown with lush green foliage under an overcast sky.
An abandoned red and grey boat is heavily overgrown with lush green foliage under an overcast sky.
An abandoned, overgrown boat with a white upper deck and red hull. Green foliage surrounds the dilapidated vessel, which has a small gangway connecting it to the land.
An abandoned, overgrown boat with a white upper deck and red hull. Green foliage surrounds the dilapidated vessel, which has a small gangway connecting it to the land.
An abandoned, overgrown boat with a white upper deck and red hull. Green foliage surrounds the dilapidated vessel, which has a small gangway connecting it to the land.
Obsidian Urbex Photography | Urban Exploration | Abandoned Locations

The Pearl of the Dane, England

The Pearl of the Dane is an abandoned floating restaurant moored in England. She looks like a 1920s Mississippi River paddle steamboat.
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@14mission@sfba.social replied  路  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@ObsidianUrbex Looks like it's propped up instead of actually floating.
Which is good, I doubt it would still be afloat!
They designed the entrance rather cleverly so that it feels like actually getting on boat in the water.

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@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social replied  路  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@14mission
Aye it's definitely on some sort of supports. For how long, who knows

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@JeanieBurrell@mstdn.social replied  路  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@ObsidianUrbex OOO I love this sort of thing. Reminds me of Bogart's "African Queen."

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@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social replied  路  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@JeanieBurrell
Glad you like it, I love this kind of thing as well! Anything weird and decaying 馃ぃ

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@MikeFromLFE@cupoftea.social replied  路  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@ObsidianUrbex
It has it's own Wikipedia page

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@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social replied  路  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@MikeFromLFE
Indeed 馃ぃ

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@scozmos@mastodon.scot replied  路  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Sad to see it dying @ObsidianUrbex

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@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social replied  路  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@scozmos
Aye, the keep threatening to demolish it as I don't think anyone wants it enough to move it 馃樁

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@scozmos@mastodon.scot replied  路  activity timestamp 6 days ago

There's got to be a business in U/X tours? @ObsidianUrbex Obviously not, or someone would have done it 馃槃

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@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social replied  路  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@scozmos
I do get a lot of emails and DMs about organising tours and photo sessions. It is something I am thinking about, maybe one day 鈽猴笍

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@ekari@mementomori.social replied  路  activity timestamp 7 days ago

@ObsidianUrbex Wonderful! I would have loved to find a place like that when I was ten years old.

Now that I'm fifty I feel the same with the addition that I'd renovate the insides slightly and move in blob_wink

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@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social replied  路  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@ekari
Definitely be a cool place to live 鈽猴笍

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@adipoeserPursch@troet.cafe replied  路  activity timestamp 7 days ago

@ObsidianUrbex I would live there.

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@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social replied  路  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@adipoeserPursch
Be a cool little house boat!

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@adipoeserPursch@troet.cafe replied  路  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@ObsidianUrbex Absolutely. 馃槏

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