Ipswich, Lock Gates 1921
Photo ref:
70413
Photo ref:
70413
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Ipswich, at the head of the Orwell Estuary, has been a major port for centuries. Here, a sailing barge negotiates the lock gates. The Wet Dock was constructed here between 1839 and 1842, and at the time it was the most revolutionary and the biggest of its kind in the country.
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Memories of Ipswich, Lock Gates 1921
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This picture brought back memories of the Regaters that were an annual event, and the Lairs on the Orwell .We lived in Kings Way my father worked at Mann Egertons on the Electric House top of LLoyds Ave.
The man standing on the left of this photograph, leaning on the rail, is my grandfather, William Gilbert.
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