Hull and Hereabouts

When ships needed repairing they were often hauled up a slipway to get them onto dry land. This building housed the engine and winch me...

Some final shots showing the development around the Half-Tide basin. Below the outer half of the basin with its dredged channel still showin...

This is the Hartley Bridge over the exit from the Half-Tide Basin that led to the dock itself, it carried both road and rail traffic but now...

Victoria dock was to the east of the river Hull and opened in 1850 closing in 1970. The dock itself was filled in and the land was sold for ...