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This view of the basin from its entrance lock adjacent to the Trent, shows a nearby warehouse and the Crown Inn, now the Waterfront Inn, across the water.

It was also important in draining the nearby Isle of Axholme and the two steam pumping stations once controlled the river level.

In the early 19th century, the colliery at Brereton nearby was connected by rail to a wharf, which enabled coal to be transported along the Trent and Mersey canal.

Initially the village developed along a road constructed on a causeway across the marshes between the castle and a possible wharf near Bramber Bridge.

A comfortable Tudor farmhouse beside a 15th-century pele, Turton Tower is associated with Humphrey Chetham, remembered for the free library, school and hospital that he founded in Manchester.

Built around 1840 to carry the London and North Western railway line north through Lancashire, this splendid six-arch bridge strides across the River Wyre just below Scorton Lakes.

Winter skaters used to risk their lives on the thin ice, and fishing from the bridge has long been a popular activity here.

It is separated from the enclosed village green by the Winn Brook, which is spanned by five little bridges before it reaches the Exe.

Go back into town and cross the Pulteney Bridge with its small shops into Argyle Street.

During the 13th century tolls were paid by those passing under the bridge as well as by those passing over it.

Indeed, the only Thames-side development has been between Caversham and Reading bridges. This has conserved the openness of the river banks which play a central role in the town's leisure.

Frith's photographer has moved beyond Boatslide Weir Bridge to the bank to look at the weir itself. The chains on posts are still here to protect rowers from the hazards of the weir.

The curious Mathematical Bridge across the Cam, built on geometric principles, and originally held together - so the story goes - without any fixing devices.

Two paddle steamers are berthed on the opposite quay, and in the centre of the picture a lady is being rowed down to the river. We can just see the swing bridge in the background.

Two paddle steamers are berthed on the opposite quay, and in the centre of the picture a lady is being rowed down to the river. We can just see the swing bridge in the background.

The bridge, built in 1848, carried the Great Northern Railway main line from Grimsby to London King's Cross (via Peterborough), but since the Beeching cuts it now only carries the Skegness to Nottingham

Beyond are workshops and outhouses, now all gone and replaced by 1970s blocks of three-storey flats.

The king took a keen interest in the College, and often crossed the bridge to talk to scholars.

Entering the hamlet, the main A483 crosses the River Camarch en route to Builth Wells.

The Wye River is viewed here looking downstream from the Kerne Bridge. Within a short distance, the river becomes the border between Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.

The crew in an approaching sail fishing boat, having raised her sails, stand by to clear the jetty, leaving both harbour and fellow craft moored alongside the Stade.

Warehouses and industry flourish along the banks of the river. In 1968, when work was underway on a new Devon Bridge, timber piles and some stonework were discovered on the river bed.

Beautifully situated by the tree-lined River Wyre and the ancient bridge (Bonnie Prince Charlie's army passed over it) is one of the three most ancient churches in the Fylde—they are Preston, Kirkham,

The Kennet and Avon Canal, authorised by Act of Parliament in 1794 and opened in 1810, linked Bristol with London, cutting a canal from the Avon in Bath to the Kennet, which was then canalised to the Thames