| WADIHS | Watford & District Industrial History Society |
| Venue : Millfields Hotel | Organisers Chris Jordan George Crutcher |
Pictures from CVJ and GLC. Click for a bigger picture | |
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On the Ross Tiger, (far left) built February 1957 in the engine room (left) and on the bridge (right) |
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On the Ross Tiger Mr Chairman and friend (left) and view (right) from the boat of the paddle steamer Lincoln Castle (far right) the second most important person onboard |
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National Heritage Fishing Museum, Grimsby |
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National Heritage Fishing Museum, Grimsby The bridge (centre) spans Alexandra Dock and is an electrically-powered Sherzer rolling lift road bridge, built at a cost of almost £60,000 in 1925 The boat beside the Ross Tiger is the fishing smack Esther (built 1888) |
| Keadby Bridge (King George V Bridge), a Scherzer rolling lift bridge, crosses the River Trent near Althorpe and Keadby. Opened in 1916, it is now a Grade II listed structure. | ![]() |
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Stainforth and Keadby Canal sliding railway bridge and the Keadby swing bridge |
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| Horkstow bridge spans the New River Ancholme. It was designed by Sir John Rennie (1836) and is a Grade II* listed building | |||
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Barton-upon-Humber ropewalk display | |
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| More pictures of the weekend from Peter Lloyd can be found here: look at dates Oct 25, 23, 16, 14, 6 | Humber Bridge (1982) | ![]() |
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Waltham Mill a six sailed tower mill of 1880 with metal gearing and machinery (right) excellent refreshments are served in a ex G.E. Railway composite 1st and 3rd class coach built in 1886 |
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| Appleby and Frodingham Railway | ![]() |
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| on the TATA steel Europe site at Scunthorpe. | ![]() |
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The cup that cheers ... in the Lounge Coach |
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