6th Pier - Cardwell Bay Pier

BACKGROUND 

Cardwell bay pier lies within Gourock bay in Inverclyde and was built approximately around the time of World War II by the Admiralty and was used to service warships that were anchored in the Firth of Clyde. 

After the war it was used to moor admiralty boats and as a terminal for liberty boats that were part of the US submarine base that was situated at Holy Loch near Dunoon. 

The pier however was abandoned by the Admiralty the in the late 1980s and due to a lack of maintenance it has since fallen into serious disrepair.

IMAGES OF THE PIER TODAY

The above images are of the pier as it stands today and it remains largely intact but in a state of disrepair.  These images were taken by myself on 1 March 2017 using an Olympus E-M1 camera along with 14-42mm kit lens and a 12mm wide angle prime lens.    

These images also convey a sense of the pier's size and in the first shot I zoomed in a little more to get a closer look at the main section.  And for the other two images I utilised wide angle shots to show that the pier appears to be split into two sections with one end of the pier broken.

Overall I think these shots help convey the scale, size and width of the pier well and the sunny conditions also help enhance the images.