Boats, Ships, Ferries and Tankers
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A view down the river Welland showing a vessel and in the distance a building with a large chimney that would be the Holbeach Road, Hunt & Jennings Steam Bone Mill (Artif ...
It has written on the back “Baltzer (Riga) unloading timber, Sutton Bridge. 1897”
Can you help? Is there someone amongst our contributors who had a family member who worked for Birch and or worked on the Mary Birch. Maybe some records in the Spalding Shipwreck Society?????
If ye ...
The photograph is from the last owner who named it ‘’καλή τυχη’’ kali tichi, meaning good luck.
Obviously the ship didn’t have such a good luck.
It’s the only available photo of ...
Keith Seaton will remember this and perhaps tell us a little of the History.
A lovely couple of photographs submitted by Tim Bristow. The first picture was franked as 27th August 1913. It seems that it was printed by "J Crosland and Son, Post Office, Sutton Bridge". Below tha ...
This articles describes the decline of Boat Building on the River Welland. Click on the link to read the article:
The article traces the rise and fall of river trade and boat building. Click on the link to read the article:
