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The Clayhithe ferry ceased operating in 1875 when a company was formed to replace it with an iron bridge to be maintained by tolls. The Cam Sailing Boat and Motor Boat clubs now use the old moorings.

Powick's older bridge was the scene of a Civil War battle in 1651 when Royalist troops under Montgomery held it for two hours against superior Parliamentary forces.

The electric tramway ran from Chester General station through the town and crossed the Dee by way of the Grosvenor Bridge. It then continued to Eaton Park and Saltney.

It was once a flourishing port and suffered in the skirmishings before the Battle of Worcester, when the church and old bridge were badly damaged.

Beyond the hump-backed 15th-century bridge over the River Darent, and the adjoining ford, is a picturesque Tudor house and a line of cottages looking out onto the grassy banks.

Below Acle bridge a provisioner brings supplies of fruit, vegetables, milk (in churns) and other essentials to holidaymakers and people living on houseboats such as this one on the right.

Here we see the junction of the Hathersage road and the road leading down to the bridge over the Derwent.

The medieval bridge over the River Ouse was started in 1332 to connect Huntingdon with Godmanchester, and the respective authorities paid for three arches - note the different styles - with the builders

This view shows Bridge Street on the north bank of the Kennet and Avon canal.

In this photograph the cottages had only recently had their thatch replaced and the wall, next to the woman with the dog, rebuilt.

Our man from Frith manages to capture a picture of the small river steamer that operated between Worcester and Holt Fleet during the summer months.

Although the bridge which spanned the entrance to Marlowes was dirty and shabby, over 500 people watched it being demolished at midnight on 6 July 1960.

Although the bridge which spanned the entrance to Marlowes was dirty and shabby, over 500 people watched it being demolished at midnight on 6 July 1960.

Wroxham is at the western gateway to the Broads, and profited greatly from the late 19th-century boom in 'messing about in boats'.

Woodhouse's store has recently opened in what was previously Singleton's; the shop received a new frontage and complete refit.

The Clydach River is a tributary of the Usk, and joins it between Abergavenny and Crickhowell.

This pretty river between Coltishall and Aylsham has three locks and seven bridges, creating quite a bit of work for the boat crews.

This view of Pangbourne shows the bridge over the River Pang, a tributary of the Thames.

We are a few yards downstream from the view pictured above, and the people on the bridge have been replaced by a lady. There is a horse-drawn farm implement to the right of shot.

The line was built by the Grand Junction company between London and Braunston (Northants). Following an amalgamation with several other connected waterways, the Grand Union was formed in 1929.

To reach the park we need to cross over the Chinese Bridge. The lake is actually the weir pool.

The three-arched buttressed bridge at Fremington has spanned the rushing waters of the Swale for centuries, and it still carries the main B6270 valley road today.

This fine, four-arched bridge over the River Aire at Kildwick, between Keighley and Skipton, was built by the canons of Bolton Priory in the early 14th century.

Following the opening of the Forth Bridge, the North British Railway Co decided that they could dispense with their ferry services.