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As well as the small local fishing boats pictured here, it was also a popular destination for the Victorian paddle steamers from nearby Weymouth, which had specially strengthened bows to enable the

The crews of the fishing boats prepare to hoist sail once they have cleared Hartlepool.

Wealthy mill owners and industrialists found it handy to leave their boats in the shelter of the dock or the canal basin, and leisure became more and more a source of income for Glasson Dock.

This little group of cottages belonging to the fishermen whose boats are lined up on the foreshore, grew up around the declivity where the local stream, the Wynreford, after passing through

The rowing boats and solitary figure standing on the isolated shingle beach offer a rare glimpse of what is now part of the Army`s prohibited Lulworth Range.

Legend tells that thomas Becket took refuge here for eight days in 1164 whilst waiting for a boat to take him to France from Sandwich.

It grew into a centre for brewing, cotton manufacturing, boat building and tanning, and was once known as 'the Glasgow of the South'.

A pleasure boat builder was located at Westgate Bridge at this time.

Holidaymakers queue up for the traditional offshore boat trip, while in the background the 19th-century pier steps out to sea on its spindly legs.

Like many of the small resorts on the west coast of Wales, the largely Victorian seafront enjoys a very seasonal existence.

Prior to this, men slept in the bottom of the boats with nothing more than a canvas sheet or sail for protection against the elements.

On the extreme right is one of the winches used by local fishermen to haul their boats up the shingle beach above the high water mark, since Deal had no harbour of its own.

As there were two separate corporations running their parts of the ferry system, you could tell the corporation the boats belonged to by the funnel colours.

On the beach there was a children's boating pool, and the Pier had a bar and an amusement palace on it.

These were horse-drawn; but instead of using locks, the tub boats were hauled up and down inclined planes by engine to reach the different water levels.

By Flaxman, in white relief, his reclining body lies in a boat held by his niece with an oarsman in shallow relief behind.

It is a popular starting point for boating holidays which grew rapidly in the early years of this century.

At one time, North Quay (on the left) would have been crowded with boats, but by 1891 the railways had taken over, leaving Severn trade to stagnate.

To the left of the hotel, the road apparently entering the water is a public slipway for private boats.

A boat from Jersey enters Weymouth, whilst over on the left a paddler makes ready to depart.

Vessels in the harbour range from fishing and pleasure boats registered at Weymouth (WH) and Exeter (E) to RAF launch No 1530 (top left).

Goods were taken by boat and barge from Chepstow up the Wye as far as Hereford.

The collection of moored open boats lying inside the jetty, and a few other small craft, make a strong contrast with the crowded waters inside an obviously busy harbour in the previous

We can see a steam launch and the cabin of a pleasure boat builder on the left of the bridge.