Photographed around the turn of the century, the quay at the Spalding Gas Works is being reconstructed to allow for the discharge of coal from Humber Keels. The ornamen-tation on the small keel, foreground, is traditional, as are the barrel winches. Obviously at this time the Welland was navigable thus far but four years later a guide states that ‘the river is only navigable for paying loads on Spring tides’. L.A. Edwards
Photo from “A Pictorial History of Canals” DD Gladwin