Where old tech goes to die
If you were building boats around 1900 you probably wouldn’t have thought that they would end up in the Purton Ships Graveyard, let alone being used a metaphor for a blog post about the uses of obsolete technology.
The 28 boats in the graveyard were beached to create a defense against erosion on the river Severn and protect the nearby Gloucester and Sharpness canal.
Obsolete digital technology fades away far more quickly and far less usefully.
