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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

26 images of Ports, docks and canals
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  • 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.

  • Plover Scar lighthouse seen from Sunderland Point at dusk.

    Plover Scar lighthouse seen from Sunderland Point at dusk.

  • Plover Scar lighthouse seen from Sunderland Point at dusk.

    Plover Scar lighthouse seen from Sunderland Point at dusk.

  • Postcard. Walney Bridge

    Postcard. Walney Bridge

  • Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point.

    Sambo's Grave at Sunderland Point.

  • The Lune estuary at dusk from Sunderland Point.

    The Lune estuary at dusk from Sunderland Point.

  • The Lune estuary at Sunderland Point showing five small boats.

    The Lune estuary at Sunderland Point showing five small boats.

  • The remains of the barque "Vanadis" in Half Moon Bay, Heysham

    The remains of the barque "Vanadis" in Half Moon Bay, Heysham

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

    3D model of Hest Bank Jetty

  • 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.

  • Oral history interview with Maisie and John Murray

    Oral history interview with Maisie and John Murray

2 documents about Ports, docks and canals
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  • 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
  • The Creeks of Lancaster: Initial Archaeological Desk-based assessment and Report on Wardley's Creek

    The Creeks of Lancaster: Initial Archaeological Desk-based assessment and Report on Wardley's Creek

    Desk-based assessment report of the history of ports in the Morecambe Bay area from the Paeleolithic period to the 20th century (Adobe Acrobat document).
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