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Many were used as pleasure craft, but these were working boats, used as tugs and pilot boats.

Gardens slope down to the river, and thick canopies of trees at the water's edge keep the wind from the sails of boats.

The boat station is immediately below, with clustered rowing boats for hire.

Sheringham fishermen gather round a lobster boat for the camera.

As with many seaside resorts, one of the popular attractions was a trip in a boat.

The small boy in the sternsheets of the boat being rowed by the white-bearded man in the peaked cap seems singularly unimpressed by photography, unlike the youth in the stern of the rowboat

Shady walks, seats, shelters, ponds for toy boats and a boating lake were all laid out for the pleasure of townsfolk and visitors.

A small selection of boats can be seen moored here.

A number of the boats here were still working boats at this date; fishermen took them out to sea to mussel beds renowned for the size and quality of their shellfish.

These were local boats built with a strong hull so they could sit on the mud at low tide, even with a full cargo on board.

The passengers' sense of quiet contentment is almost tangible as this packed pleasure boat rounds the harbour wall, and heads for the disembarkation point, having cut safely inside the outward-bound

A life boat was established here in 1861, and this one was replaced in 1960 by a larger version of the same design.

The building to the right has been smartened up since 1955, and now advertises itself as Foxton Boat Services, providing boat trips and hire.

This photograph was taken from the Pleasure Boat Inn.

The landlords of the Bridgend Inn, the rear of which is on the left, were George and Betty Dobson, and the busy boat hire business operating from the hut further down the towpath was owned by a Mr Price

Some houseboats, with their sheltered upper deck viewing galleries, and occasionally equipped with grand pianos, had up to twelve beds below decks, and even separate kitchen and servants' boats tied

Launched in 1900, she was at that time the biggest boat ever to sail on the lake.

Linked by an inclined plane on a 1 in 4 gradient, the boats were carried between levels on a rail-mounted cradle.

Ashley no longer lets 'Boats by the Week, Month or Season', nor are they 'Housed and Varnished'.

The Anderton Boat Lift at Northwich was built in 1875, providing a link between the Weaver Navigation and the Trent & Mersey Canal.

In the foreground is a market where trippers could buy fresh fish off the local boats.

In the foreground is a market where trippers could buy fresh fish off the local boats.

The south bank was a popular location for hiring rowing boats, and the Bedford Rowing Club, founded in 1886, have their boat and club house to the left of the photographer.

This bridge is a railway bridge, and is now part of the west coast main line.Another railway bridge (to Blackburn) can be seen in the distance.