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The River Weaver creates a link with the Trent & Mersey Canal by way of Northwich's mighty Anderton Boat Lift, where a pair of narrow boats could be lifted 50 feet in two caissons.

Boats can be hired or moored here, and the building has been restored and is now a house.

There are still boats but these are now holiday craft from all over the country. In 1882 there were 823 canal boats registered in Runcorn.

A boat sails across the bay, which was known as Polkerris or Par Bay in the late-18th century.

The Locks c1955 A pair of boats prepare to enter a lock.

Now used just for pleasure boating, the River Weaver would once have been very busy with boats carrying salt to ports along the Mersey estuary.

Most of the marina with its boat-repairing shops, boat hirers and the chandlery remain today, though the petrol tank is now stored, wisely, underground.

The beach is a clutter of boats and fishing paraphernalia. On the right is the lifeboat house and in the centre a sizeable boat shed, the home of the 'Marianna'. Crabbing is a local industry.

Notice the river boat, or trow, moored to the bank. At one time the River Severn was one of the busiest in Europe, and trade along it was dependent on these boats.

The two ferry boats, commissioned in 1894, were the 'Lady Quilter' and the 'Lady Beatrice'; they operated until 1931.

The steamer 'Swift', launched in 1900 as the then largest boat on the lake, sits at the end of the pier, whilst a cluster of yachts, possibly racing, passes between the boat station and

Many small craft, both working fishing boats and pleasure vessels, regularly experienced difficulties.

The fishing boat is drawn up on the beach, and in front of the boat a child makes sandcastles in the narrow strip of pebble-free sand. The caravan site is to the left.

The fishing boat is drawn up on the beach, and in front of the boat a child makes sandcastles in the narrow strip of pebble-free sand. The caravan site is to the left.

During the early part of the 20th century, the boat-building firm of Samuel Saunders took over Goring wharf.

Later on, the Waveney became limited to small pleasure boats, such as this rowing boat seen on a tranquil stretch of the river.

These elevators were installed at a number of busy locks to cope with the vast numbers of small leisure boats spawned by the boating craze these views capture.

A pair of loaded working boats on the Aylesbury Arm near Broughton on the edge of town. The wooden stumps (bottom left) are known as strapping posts, and were used to tie up boats.

In its heyday the parkland also contained a boating lake with boat house and summer houses and tea houses, all strategically placed for guests and members of the family to pause and take rest and

We can see the large boats of the 1930s, the 'Teal' and the 'Swan', each taking the name of one of the Victorian steamers, in this post-World War II scene by Bowness pier.

This cruising converted narrow boat on the Grand Union was photographed a few months before the final northbound commercial operation: early in 1966, Roses Lime Juice sent their final cargo to the wharf

In this post-Second World War scene by Bowness pier, we can see the large boats of the 1930s, the 'Teal' and the 'Swan', each taking the name of one of the Victorian steamers.

than a century after this photograph was taken, Hampton Ferry, to the west of Evesham, still exists, and it still operates in the same way: a cable is strung across the river and the ferryman pulls his boat

The conglomeration of boats assembled closely within the harbour are under the supervision of two men, one on the far left, the other on the right.