WATERSIDE


Frozen river Trent - 1890.

The river should not freeze again, due to the warming influence of West Burton power station, which uses the water as a coolant.

 



Humber keels near Gainsborough 1899

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Tug boat (ferryman) towing keels on the Trent


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Schooner (G R Berg ) unloading linseed at Gainsborough


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Schooner( G R Berg) being towed down River Trent


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