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Jetty and slipway are cluttered with fishing boat impedimenta.

many more visitors came; a variety of activities was arranged for them, including bathing from the bathing machines in the middle of the picture, taking trips around the bay in the rowing or sailing boats

Seine fishing boats are drawn up on Porthminster Beach (right), and an old engine house stands on Pedn Olva Point.

Notice the load of coal that is being carried in the narrow boat in the photograph.

Here the young boys explore the boat, whilst a lady appears only too aware of the photographer.

Boats travelling down the Thames estuary from London were met by stagecoaches here, and their passengers were transported onward by road to Dover.

Thomas Wright was a well-known boat builder, and so were Allen's, who considered their designs to be the quickest on the Broads.

It was always a popular tourist village, and there were two ferries over the Ribble, Trough House and Hacking Boat.

This photograph must date from the very last days of the old horse boat, because a new steam chain ferry was introduced in 1889; one of its successors still runs.

The pier at Clevedon was opened in 1869, its light and graceful construction looking far too delicate to survive the storms that periodically wreak havoc along the coast.

The dry dock served by boat builders and repairers has half solid swing gates maintaining the level of the water.

A maintenance boat is moored on the right-hand side, and the keeper is working on the right-hand side of the second chamber.

The horses are steadied from the front by the ferryman, and the driver holds the reins in case the animals bolt: it is a chain ferry, drawn through the water by a steam-driven boat alongside, so a sudden

A coble (pronounced 'cobble') is a very ancient type of fishing boat that goes back to Viking times.

A bridge over the River Hull made this village an important crossroads in medieval times - pleasure boats still tie up here.

Though it passes through an industrial landscape, this canal has many quiet rural stretches where the narrow boats chug along under a dense canopy of green.

In the event, the main line from Taunton was built as a tub boat canal with a very short life, and an 11-mile stretch from Loudwells to Tiverton was built as a barge canal.

Travellers still come by boat and tie up at the riverside here.

Here we see boats from a variety of ports, including Hull and Penzance.

This view is from the Town Lock on the River Trent, which was built in 1951 to accommodate 250-ton boats; its smaller and narrower predecessor lies on the far right.

The kiosk has now been replaced by the 1980s Boat House café.

Note the capstan houses for hauling boats out of the water.

By the time of this photograph, the river was being used more and more for pleasure: streamlined boats are moored by the bank, and a canoe with its lone occupant is heading towards Lendal Bridge.

The loch itself was served by the steamers of the Loch Lomond Steam Boat Company, whose first ship, the 'Prince of Wales', was built at Port Glasgow in 1858.