Time-lapse captures the ebb and flow of a marine demolition project.
Henley’s Jetty was built in 1906 when W. T. Henley started a subsea telegraphic cable works company in Northfleet. With over 100 years of ships docking at the jetty, the cable company decided to relocate the business to Sandwich, due to the modern day ships being too large for the shallow waters surrounding the jetty.
The largest problems SBS faced were the limited time during the day to undertake the demolition, due to the small time frame with the tide being far enough in to operate. The inconsistent tide times meant the operating hours would change from week to week, some weeks the work started at 5am and finished at 11am, and the next 11am to 2pm. The requirement of the tide being in to access the jetty complicated the demolition by the majority of the works happening under water with limited vision.
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