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The designers certainly pushed the boat out: their 1893 facade is stylishly Italianate, with lots of carved stonework, banded arches and granite columns.

A London-registered boat is on the left, and Warehouse Number 1 stands beyond that. Ships and nationalities from all over the world sailed and walked these docks for centuries.

In the 1970s evidence was unearthed that as early as March 1777 the authorities in Liverpool had given orders for repairs to 'the boat, which was formerly ordered to be built and kept at Formby in readiness

This view and 27204, pages 72-73 are well away from the town; the banks are consequently more thinly populated and the boats, punts and skiffs far fewer than one might expect.

It becomes very shallow at this broad and sandy estuary, restricting boat movements to a brief period at high tide.

In 1921 Batchworth Lake, being nearest the town, was already used for recreation with rowing boats and yachts.

The flat landscape of the Broads is broken by windmills, church towers, or the masts of sailing boats.

This prettily-posed group stand in the harbour, where a spritsail barge and her boat are moored on the right. On the left, colliers are unloaded.

It soon replaced the car ferries and luggage boats. The tower of the Municipal Buildings on Dale Street dominates the sky-line to the left.

The two octagons of the tower can be seen for miles around, and were used as a beacon by those travelling by boat through Willingham Mere.

At the northern end of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, an unusual pleasure boat conversion heads towards Wolverhampton. The narrow section is a solid aqueduct over the River Trent.

Swings and slides and a roundabout were installed for youngsters at a cost of £59. The cenotaph war memorial, left, and the boating pond are still here for the residents of the town.

The biggest excitement hereabouts in recent times was when the rector's son Donald Ridler set out along the road with his home-made boat 'Erik the Red', in which he sailed alone to America to prove the

Despite their cumbersome looks, Humber keel boats—see the example in the foreground—carried up to fifty tonnes of cargo, were extremely manoeuvrable, could sail close to the wind, and could

This small esplanade at East Beach leads from the pier and passes the gangway where the fishermen launch and land their boats. This area is illuminated by beautiful, ornate lamp posts.

Henry III ordered the Keeper of Windsor Forest to deliver to Andrew, Sergeant of Caversham, one good oak to make a boat for ferrying poor people over the water of Caversham.

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

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.

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

Goods were taken by boat and barge from Chepstow up the Wye as far as Hereford. However, it was not all work here—annual regattas were also held on the river.

In the summer months it is thronged with pleasure boats, and all is bustle and noise. Here village policemen are directing the summer traffic.

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

The Royal Military Canal was constructed in the early 19th century; its purpose was to transport military personnel along the most vulnerable stretch of Kent's coast in the event of a French

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