Description
Grimsby Dock Tower is a hydraulic accumulator tower and a maritime landmark at the entrance to the Royal Dock, Grimsby, in North East Lincolnshire, England. It was completed on 27 March 1852, based on William Armstrong's idea of the hydraulic accumulator, with the purpose of containing a 30,000-imperial-gallon (140,000 L) reservoir at a height of 200 feet (61 m), that was used to provide hydraulic power to power the machinery of the Grimsby Docks. The extreme height of the tower was necessary to achieve sufficient pressure, and as a result of this, the tower can be seen for several miles around, even far inland on the north bank of the River Humber and is a great reference for VFR flight.
This scenery also includes the smaller weighted accumulator tower.
There will be more updates to include modelling of the surrounding dock area if the requirement arises :)
This works very nicely with our other scenery in the region which are available here:
Spurn Point Landmarks
EGNJ Humberside Airport
EGNY Linley Hill Airfield
IMPORTANT: If you are upgrading from a previous version please delete the uk-humber-grimsby-tower directory from your community folder first.
Please see the attached PDF file inside the zip file which covers: Installation; Finding the community folder; Licensing; Credits; Contacts; Change Log.
See you in the Sim!
Chris [ AKA CAPT 5L0W ]
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Se connecteralmost 5 years ago
fantastic, it kinda bugged me that the dock tower wasnt there
about 5 years ago
about 5 years ago
I had both sides of the dock modelled earlier but being mostly empty concrete now, it looked terrible when getting close. Only the jetties remain for now. Main thing I spotted when testing Humberside was that the tower would pop up only when you were about to hit it. Should be visible from long range now. The low detail model only had six vertices, I think the sim thought it to be insignificant to render. No idea really, made it more complex and its visible now. Reverse LOD LOL
about 5 years ago
about 5 years ago
Confirmed, seems to only appear around 3.7NM. I'll take a look at it. Currently working on a big tower and it's literally giving me vertigo!
over 5 years ago
Haydn.
over 5 years ago
Thanks for the stars and the coffee!! Sorry for the late reply, been tied up with quite a big project (one included in your suggestions actually :) Should be done this weekend hopefully! All the best
Chris
about 5 years ago
about 5 years ago
over 5 years ago
over 5 years ago
May I ask if EGNJ might be in the pipeline, it's not far from the bridge...
over 5 years ago
Yes Humberside is in the pipeline, I wasn't able to get enough reference material until a breakthrough over the weekend. I usually fly into there when I'm testing, the new terminal is a bit of a shocker!. I'm on another EGN airfield at the moment to keep the north bank happy ;) That should be released this week some time.
over 5 years ago
Thanks for all the comments and support. Just a quick question:
Do you want the Tower to have a POI marker?
I don't like them myself so I've been avoiding adding too many in the same location, but I'm not you.
Fly safe!
over 5 years ago
Grimsby Dock Tower
Explore the iconic Grimsby Dock Tower and its smaller weighted accumulator tower in this detailed scenery add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Located in North East Lincolnshire, England, these landmarks provide a great reference point for VFR flights in the area. Stay tuned for updates including the surrounding dock area, and enhance your virtual flying experience with other regional sceneries available.
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- Removed spurious buildings from the dockside. - Added parked cars and various shipping containers. - Recompiled with the current SDK for continuity.
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