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Wikipedia: Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional defences. For 414 years Chatham Dockyard provided over 500 ships for the Royal Navy, and was forefront of shipbuilding, industrial and architectural technology. At its height, it employed over 10,000 skilled artisans and covered 400 acres (1.6 km²).
![[Hemp Houses and Double Ropewalk]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYRopery0009_s.jpg "Hemp Houses and Double Ropewalk")
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![[Double Ropewalk and Black Yarn House to right]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYRopery0021_s.jpg "Double Ropewalk and Black Yarn House to right")
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![[Laying the Rope]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYRopery0024_s.jpg "Laying the Rope")
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![[Hemp Houses and Hatchelling House]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYRopery0004_s.jpg "Hemp Houses and Hatchelling House")
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![[Anchor Wharf Store Houses]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDAnchorWharf0038_s.jpg "Anchor Wharf Store Houses")
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![[The Admiral's Office]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDAdmirals0042_s.jpg "The Admiral's Office")
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![[The Captain of the Dockyard's House and Cashier's Office]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDY0050_s.jpg "The Captain of the Dockyard's House and Cashier's Office")
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![[The Officers' Stables]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDStables0031_s.jpg "The Officers' Stables")
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![[Looking at the traveller]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYRopery0025_s.jpg "Looking at the traveller")
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![[A picture of Chatham Dockyard]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYRopery0028_s.jpg "A picture of Chatham Dockyard")
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![[No 1 Machine Shop]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDY0063_s.jpg "No 1 Machine Shop")
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![[Galvanising Shop]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDGalvanising0006_s.jpg "Galvanising Shop")
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![[Brunel Sawmill]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYBrunel0009_s.jpg "Brunel Sawmill")
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![[Brunel Sawmill]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYBrunel0007_s.jpg "Brunel Sawmill")
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![[The Traveller]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYRopery0030_s.jpg "The Traveller")
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![[Dockyard Church]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYChurch0006_s.jpg "Dockyard Church")
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![[Dockyard Church]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYChurch0009_s.jpg "Dockyard Church")
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![[The Guardhouse]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYGate0009_s.jpg "The Guardhouse")
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![[The Main Gate and Guardhouse]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYGate0006_s.jpg "The Main Gate and Guardhouse")
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![[Masthouses and Mould Loft]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYM_26MLoft0004_s.jpg "Masthouses and Mould Loft")
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![[Joiners' Shop]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDJoiners0070_s.jpg "Joiners' Shop")
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![[No 4 Dry Dock]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gannet1878_s.jpg "No 4 Dry Dock")
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![[Wheelwrights'shop]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDMastHouse0011_s.jpg "Wheelwrights'shop")
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![[Timber Seasoning sheds]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDBuses0014_s.jpg "Timber Seasoning sheds")
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![[Dutch '''Attack on the Medway''', June 1667'' by Pieter Cornelisz van Soest, painted c]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Van_Soest_2C_Attack_on_the_Medway_s.jpg "Dutch '''Attack on the Medway''', June 1667'' by Pieter Cornelisz van Soest, painted c")
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![[The Clocktower Building]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDClocktower0059_s.jpg "The Clocktower Building")
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![[Sail and Colour Loft]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYSail0004_s.jpg "Sail and Colour Loft")
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![[No 3 Dry Dock]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDDryDock0084_s.jpg "No 3 Dry Dock")
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![[No 3 Dry Dock]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDDryDock0085_s.jpg "No 3 Dry Dock")
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![[The Commissioner's garden with conservatory]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYCommissioners0011_s.jpg "The Commissioner's garden with conservatory")
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![[Officers' Terrace]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYOfficersTerr0006_s.jpg "Officers' Terrace")
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![[The Main Gate from outside]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamDockyardGate2761_s.jpg "The Main Gate from outside")
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![[Commissioner's House and banqueting marquee]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYCommissioners0037_s.jpg "Commissioner's House and banqueting marquee")
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![[No 7 Covered Slip]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYCoveredS0007_s.jpg "No 7 Covered Slip")
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![[South dock pumping station]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDPumping0067_s.jpg "South dock pumping station")
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![[No 3 Covered Slip]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamCoveredSlipNo3_s.jpg "No 3 Covered Slip")
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![[No 7 Covered Slip]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYCoveredS0005_s.jpg "No 7 Covered Slip")
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![[The Commissioner's House , was built for Captain George St Lo who found the previous house unsuitable]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamHDYCommissioners0004_s.jpg "The Commissioner's House , was built for Captain George St Lo who found the previous house unsuitable")
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![[The Topsail Schooner Julia visiting the middle basin in 2006, behind her you can see the St Mary's Island housing...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChathamJulia_26Basin_s.jpg "The Topsail Schooner Julia visiting the middle basin in 2006, behind her you can see the St Mary's Island housing...")
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