The 1998 sludge incinerator, an elegant swan-like metal structure 

Southern Outfall with treated sewage almost certainly purer than the rest of the river 

 

The new sludge incinerator looks like a cheap copy of the earlier one 

Crossness is an important bird site, both on the river and behind on the marshes where there is a nature reserve 

Looking across to Ford, still making diesel engines 

 

Ford ferry landing stage - the new incinerator is where workers parked their cars to take the ferry 

Looking downstream to silos at Rainham

I left the river here and rode to Belvedere to catch the train