Taken in 1905, the Harbour Master's office at 74 Narrow Street in Limehouse, London overlooked the river. The Harbour Master oversaw the enforcement of port regulations to guarantee river users' safety.
From the office and nearby structures, long wooden ladders descended directly to the water, facilitating swift access to boats on the river.
From the office and nearby structures, long wooden ladders descended directly to the water, facilitating swift access to boats on the river.
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Odiham, Hampshire.
The bridge over the Basingstoke canal and, Colthill road,
a loading/off loading position on the course of the canal.
Being a regular stopping point for canal boats and barges, several public houses were a feature along the stretch of road adjacent to the bridge. The canal in its short life, provided the means of transporting goods, produce, supplies to the inner reaches of London…returning, in some cases bringing the City’s waste, animal manure etc.,
The canal began operating in 1794 but, plagued by financial problems it was never going to be a going concern.
The photo was possibly taken mid c19.
The bridge over the Basingstoke canal and, Colthill road,
a loading/off loading position on the course of the canal.
Being a regular stopping point for canal boats and barges, several public houses were a feature along the stretch of road adjacent to the bridge. The canal in its short life, provided the means of transporting goods, produce, supplies to the inner reaches of London…returning, in some cases bringing the City’s waste, animal manure etc.,
The canal began operating in 1794 but, plagued by financial problems it was never going to be a going concern.
The photo was possibly taken mid c19.
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1913, Creels of Turf
In the village of Spiddal, County Galway, a young man stands beside his donkey, laden with freshly cut turf in woven creels. Now in colour, a glimpse into no-doubt-hard rural Irish life taken by French photographers Marguerite Mespoulet and Madeleine Mignon-Alba during Albert Kahn’s Archives of the Planet project.
In the village of Spiddal, County Galway, a young man stands beside his donkey, laden with freshly cut turf in woven creels. Now in colour, a glimpse into no-doubt-hard rural Irish life taken by French photographers Marguerite Mespoulet and Madeleine Mignon-Alba during Albert Kahn’s Archives of the Planet project.
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5th October 1839 saw the opening of West Bute Dock in Cardiff, which resulted in Cardiff becoming one of the biggest coal exporting docks in the world by 1913.
Following the discovery and development of coal found in the Cynon and Rhondda valleys and the rapid expansion of Merthyr's iron operations in the wake of the Industrial revolution, their export required a sea connection to the Bristol Channel.
The Glamorganshire Canal was opened in 1794, linking Cardiff with Merthyr and by the 1830s Cardiff was shipping almost half of Britain's iron exports, which led in 1839 to John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute and Cardiff's foremost landowner, being instrumental in the construction of the (West) Bute Dock, which was opened on 5th October 1839.
Two years later, the Taff Vale Railway was opened and with the construction of the new East Bute Dock from 1855, coal supplanted iron as the industrial foundation of South Wales, with coal exports increasing from 44,350 to 2.219 million tonnes, between 1840 and 1870.
However, frustration at the lack of further development at Cardiff led to rival docks being opened in 1865 at Penarth and in 1889 at Barry. These developments eventually resulted in the opening of the Roath Dock in 1887 and the Queen Alexandra Dock in 1907, which saw coal exports from the South Wales Coalfield via Cardiff rise to 10,700,000 tons by 1913, making Cardiff the biggest coal exporting dock in the world.
Following the discovery and development of coal found in the Cynon and Rhondda valleys and the rapid expansion of Merthyr's iron operations in the wake of the Industrial revolution, their export required a sea connection to the Bristol Channel.
The Glamorganshire Canal was opened in 1794, linking Cardiff with Merthyr and by the 1830s Cardiff was shipping almost half of Britain's iron exports, which led in 1839 to John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute and Cardiff's foremost landowner, being instrumental in the construction of the (West) Bute Dock, which was opened on 5th October 1839.
Two years later, the Taff Vale Railway was opened and with the construction of the new East Bute Dock from 1855, coal supplanted iron as the industrial foundation of South Wales, with coal exports increasing from 44,350 to 2.219 million tonnes, between 1840 and 1870.
However, frustration at the lack of further development at Cardiff led to rival docks being opened in 1865 at Penarth and in 1889 at Barry. These developments eventually resulted in the opening of the Roath Dock in 1887 and the Queen Alexandra Dock in 1907, which saw coal exports from the South Wales Coalfield via Cardiff rise to 10,700,000 tons by 1913, making Cardiff the biggest coal exporting dock in the world.
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