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English Canals & Waterways

Historic images of English Canals and Navigable Waterways, including Locks, Wharfs, Warehouses, Factories, Bridges, Aqueducts, Narrowboats, Barges, Tugs, Sailing Craft, Horses, and Bargees and Families living on board.

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A view looking over the Droitwich Canal to one of the local salt works circa 1905. Lock entrance visible to right.
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Droitwich Canal & Saltworks c1905
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Droitwich Canal & industry
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The head of the Driffield Navigation at Driffield circa 1910, with numerous keels and sailing barges moored
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Driffield Navigation Basin c1910
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Driffield Nav, River Head
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A view of Dartford Creek, near the mouth of the River Darenth, with various barges moored and the Riverside Paper mills behind, circa 1906
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Dartford Creek & paper mills c1906
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Dartford Creek & Paper Mills
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An unusual colour image of a pair of Grand Union Canal Carrying Co. Ltd narrowboats in Cosgrove Lock circa 1935
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Grand Union Canal, Cosgrove Lock & Barges c1935
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Cosgrove Locks & GUCC boats
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A busy scene at Froghall Wharf, the terminus of the Caldon Canal, circa 1908
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Caldon Canal, Froghall Wharf c1908
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Caldon Canal, Froghall wharf
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A view on the Bridgwater Canal, believed to be near Lymm, circa 1908
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Bridgwater Canal near Lymm c1908
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Bridgwater Canal vw
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A Humber keel passes through a swing bridge on the Aire & Calder Navigation near Hull circa 1908
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Aire & Calder Navigation near Hull c1908
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A&CN nr Hull, Humber keel
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Higham Wharf, on the River Nene at Rushden, circa 1906
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River Nene, Higham Wharf, Rushden, c1906
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R Nene, Rushden, Higham Wharf
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The Aylesford Sand Co. Ltd's quay on the River Medway near Aylesford circa 1925. Thames sailing barge moored alongside
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River Medway, Aylesford Sand Co. Quay c1925
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R Medway sand quay & spritsail
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An old bridge at Ford, on the line of the derelict Portsmouth & Arundel Canal, circa 1905
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Portsmouth & Arundel Canal, Ford, Old Bridge c1905
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Portsmouth & A …
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Kirtlington Lock and Mill on the Oxford Canal circa 1905
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Oxford Canal, Kirtlington Lock & Mill c1905
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Oxford Canal, K…
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Wigan Pier on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal circa 1935
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Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Wigan Pier c1935
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L&L Canal Wigan Pier & boats
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Pewsey Wharf on the Kennett & Avon Canal circa 1906. Narrowboat Mabel loading sacks of corn bound for Reading.
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Kennet & Avon Canal, Pewsey Wharf c1906
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K&A Canal, Hung…
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Weedon LNWR goods yard alongside the Grand Union Canal circa 1910. This was a railway/canal transhipment point.
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Grand Union Canal, Weedon Railway Goods Yard & Wharf c1910
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GU Canal, Weedon goods yard
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Cosgrove Lock on the Grand Union Canal circa 1910
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Grand Union Canal, Cosgrove Lock c1910
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GU Canal, Cosgrove Lock
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Wide beam barges and coastal shipping on the River Ouse at Goole circa 1950
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River Ouse, Goole c1950
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Goole, River & Shipping
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A view on the Aire & Calder Navigation at Goole circa 1925
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Aire & Calder Navigation, Goole c1925
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Goole, canal & docks
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Wide beam barges in the Barge Dock, Goole, circa 1950
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Goole, Barge Dock c1950
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Goole, Barge Dock
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Lock 20 at Newport on the Shropshire Union Canal, circa 1935
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Shropshire Union Canal, Newport Lock c1935
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Shropshire U, Newport lock
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