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Ports, docks and canals

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6 stories about Ports, docks and canals
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  • Barrow-in-Furness Docks

    Barrow-in-Furness Docks

    The Devonshire and Buccleuch Docks were constructed by the late Mr Brassey in 1867. At the same time a certain ...
  • Barrow-in-Furness: The early days

    Barrow-in-Furness: The early days

    Barrow-in-Furness – but yesterday an obscure fishing village and today a corporate borough with nearly 30,000 inhabitants. Francis Leach in “Barrow-in-Furness, ...
  • Canal Foot Song

    Canal Foot Song

    Performed by Year 6 : Church Walk School: 6/7/2017 Chorus Canal foot we have childhood memories, Canal Foot! Canal Foot! (x2) 1. One step and ...
  • Growing up at Canal Foot - Eunice Sampson, Jane Smith and Ann Johnson

    Growing up at Canal Foot - Eunice Sampson, Jane Smith and Ann Johnson

  • Iron and Steel Works, Barrow-in-Furness

    Iron and Steel Works, Barrow-in-Furness

    Iron ore mined in the Furness area and not used in the local iron furnaces at Backbarrow, Newland and Duddon ...
  • Smugglers Cave on Holme Island - Gillian Asplin

    Smugglers Cave on Holme Island - Gillian Asplin

35 images of Ports, docks and canals
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  • 3D model of Hest Bank Jetty

    3D model of Hest Bank Jetty

  • Close up image of a gabion, a wire cage filled with stones for defence against coastal erosion.

    Close up image of a gabion, a wire cage filled with stones for defence against coastal erosion.

  • Close up image of a gabion, a wire cage filled with stones for defence against coastal erosion.

    Close up image of a gabion, a wire cage filled with stones for defence against coastal erosion.

  • Close-up of a small section of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker, mainly the name H. Bell and the date 1796.

    Close-up of a small section of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker, mainly the name H. Bell and the date 1796.

  • Close-up of top half of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker.

    Close-up of top half of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker.

  • Close-up of top half of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker.

    Close-up of top half of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker.

  • Map of Morecambe Bay Creeks of Lancaster

    Map of Morecambe Bay Creeks of Lancaster

  • Oral history interview with Denys Vaughan, born in Barrow 1931, now lives in Grange

    Oral history interview with Denys Vaughan, born in Barrow 1931, now lives in Grange

  • Oral history interview with Eunice Sampson, Jane Smith and Ann Johnson. Life at Canal Foot Ulverston, Glaxo.

    Oral history interview with Eunice Sampson, Jane Smith and Ann Johnson. Life at Canal Foot Ulverston, Glaxo.

  • Oral history interview with Graham Maclean, Director, General Manager and Harbour Master of Heysham Port.

    Oral history interview with Graham Maclean, Director, General Manager and Harbour Master of Heysham Port.

  • Oral history interview with Helen Loxam, current Chief Executive of the Lancaster Port Commission

    Oral history interview with Helen Loxam, current Chief Executive of the Lancaster Port Commission

  • Oral history interview with Keith Tassart and Frank Sanderson. Worked for British Waterways on the Lancaster Canal.

    Oral history interview with Keith Tassart and Frank Sanderson. Worked for British Waterways on the Lancaster Canal.

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35 media clips about Ports, docks and canals
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  • 3D model of Hest Bank Jetty

    3D model of Hest Bank Jetty

  • Close up image of a gabion, a wire cage filled with stones for defence against coastal erosion.

    Close up image of a gabion, a wire cage filled with stones for defence against coastal erosion.

  • Close up image of a gabion, a wire cage filled with stones for defence against coastal erosion.

    Close up image of a gabion, a wire cage filled with stones for defence against coastal erosion.

  • Close-up of a small section of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker, mainly the name H. Bell and the date 1796.

    Close-up of a small section of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker, mainly the name H. Bell and the date 1796.

  • Close-up of top half of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker.

    Close-up of top half of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker.

  • Close-up of top half of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker.

    Close-up of top half of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker.

  • Map of Morecambe Bay Creeks of Lancaster

    Map of Morecambe Bay Creeks of Lancaster

  • Oral history interview with Denys Vaughan, born in Barrow 1931, now lives in Grange

    Oral history interview with Denys Vaughan, born in Barrow 1931, now lives in Grange

  • Oral history interview with Eunice Sampson, Jane Smith and Ann Johnson. Life at Canal Foot Ulverston, Glaxo.

    Oral history interview with Eunice Sampson, Jane Smith and Ann Johnson. Life at Canal Foot Ulverston, Glaxo.

  • Oral history interview with Graham Maclean, Director, General Manager and Harbour Master of Heysham Port.

    Oral history interview with Graham Maclean, Director, General Manager and Harbour Master of Heysham Port.

  • Oral history interview with Helen Loxam, current Chief Executive of the Lancaster Port Commission

    Oral history interview with Helen Loxam, current Chief Executive of the Lancaster Port Commission

  • Oral history interview with Keith Tassart and Frank Sanderson. Worked for British Waterways on the Lancaster Canal.

    Oral history interview with Keith Tassart and Frank Sanderson. Worked for British Waterways on the Lancaster Canal.

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35 documents about Ports, docks and canals
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  • 3D model of Hest Bank Jetty

    3D model of Hest Bank Jetty

  • Close up image of a gabion, a wire cage filled with stones for defence against coastal erosion.

    Close up image of a gabion, a wire cage filled with stones for defence against coastal erosion.

  • Close up image of a gabion, a wire cage filled with stones for defence against coastal erosion.

    Close up image of a gabion, a wire cage filled with stones for defence against coastal erosion.

  • Close-up of a small section of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker, mainly the name H. Bell and the date 1796.

    Close-up of a small section of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker, mainly the name H. Bell and the date 1796.

    Here Lies Poor Sambo Who (Attending his Master from the West Indies) Died on his arrival at Sunderland. Full sixty years the angry Winter’s Wave Has thundered at this bleak ...
  • Close-up of top half of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker.

    Close-up of top half of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker.

    Here Lies Poor Sambo Who (Attending his Master from the West Indies) Died on his arrival at Sunderland. Full sixty years the angry Winter’s Wave Has thundered at this bleak ...
  • Close-up of top half of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker.

    Close-up of top half of plaque on Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point showing some of the lettering on the grave marker.

  • Map of Morecambe Bay Creeks of Lancaster

    Map of Morecambe Bay Creeks of Lancaster

    Map of Morecambe Bay area showing site locations for the Creeks of Lancaster Project
  • Oral history interview with Denys Vaughan, born in Barrow 1931, now lives in Grange

    Oral history interview with Denys Vaughan, born in Barrow 1931, now lives in Grange

    Lived in Barrow with maternal grandparents first memories 10 Strand near to dock conscious of ships. Paternal grandfather a Bo swain on sailing ship. Taught him how to draw people ...
  • Oral history interview with Eunice Sampson, Jane Smith and Ann Johnson. Life at Canal Foot Ulverston, Glaxo.

    Oral history interview with Eunice Sampson, Jane Smith and Ann Johnson. Life at Canal Foot Ulverston, Glaxo.

    Oral History recording made with Mrs Eunice Sampson (born 1923), Jane Smith (born 1950) and Ann Johnson (1952). The conversation focuses on Canal Foot, Ulverston where Mrs Sampson has lived ...
  • Oral history interview with Graham Maclean, Director, General Manager and Harbour Master of Heysham Port.

    Oral history interview with Graham Maclean, Director, General Manager and Harbour Master of Heysham Port.

    MPL 023 Graham Maclean – born 1948. He came to Heysham Port in 1990. He talks of his time there in his role as Director, General Manager and Harbour Master. MPL ...
  • Oral history interview with Helen Loxam, current Chief Executive of the Lancaster Port Commission

    Oral history interview with Helen Loxam, current Chief Executive of the Lancaster Port Commission

    Helen Loxam is the current Chief Executive of the Lancaster Port Commission which is based at Glasson Dock. Helen presents a snapshot of the workings of the Port Commission as ...
  • Oral history interview with Keith Tassart and Frank Sanderson. Worked for British Waterways on the Lancaster Canal.

    Oral history interview with Keith Tassart and Frank Sanderson. Worked for British Waterways on the Lancaster Canal.

    Keith Tassart was born in 1940 and worked for British Waterways on the Lancaster Canal between 1962-1970 (?). Keith is accompanied by Frank Sanderson (born 1927) who shares historical information. ...
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