Welcome to the Parglena
Stretching Picture Gallery

Please browse through this collection of photographs, taken during the stretching of barge Parglena. If you wish to view any picture in greater detail, clicking on the gallery thumbnail will open up a larger copy of the picture, use the back button to return to the main page. The text immediately below the picture gives a sort of description.
1st April 2005
The pile of steel that is to become the extension		 1st April 2005
Parglena awaiting the chop		 4th April 2005
Two halves
4th April 2005
The back bit		 4th April 2005
The back of the front		 5th April 2005
One side
5th April 2005
The other side		 5th April 2005
A big gap		 5th April 2005
Another view of the gap
6th April 2005
Floor bearers are in		 7th April 2005
Looking Forwards from wheelhouse		 7th April 2005
The side bracing
8th April 2005
Looking back at the engine		 8th April 2005
Looking Forwards from wheelhouse		 8th April 2005
Looks long now
11th April 2005
The new cabin side		 11th April 2005
The Starboard side		 17th April 2005
Roof is on and the front of the wheelhouse starts
17th April 2005
This will be the new entrance from the wheelhouse		 21st April 2005
Looking Forwards from wheelhouse		 21st April 2005
Loads of storage
21st April 2005
Windows are cut		 21st April 2005
Looking Forwards from wheelhouse		 21st April 2005
wheelhouse complete
21st April 2005
back in the water		 21st April 2005
Ballasted an ready to go		 21st April 2005
Off next morning