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A fine view of paddlers of the Gainsborough United Steam Packet Company, undated.The company operated passenger sailings linking communities on the Trent and as far as Hull.
* We used to bring wheat to the mill here on the MARGARITA WESTON.Crescent Shipping's low air-draft vessels used to trade further up-under the bridge to the mill at Beckingham.
On the left is ISLE OF AXHOLME, built in 1860, sold in 1912 to Goole S.P. Companyand broken up at Scarborough around 1920.At centre, SCARBOROUGH built in 1866, 142grt by Lewis and Stockwell, London.
The paddler on the right is not yet identified ... any ideas? A possible vessel is the 'Atlanta' 108 GRT 60 NRT and built 1851 by H. Smith & Son, Gainsborough. She was owned by the Gainsborough United Steam packet Co., who also owned the Scarborough.
Rick Cox collection,postcard,unknown photographer.
* We used to bring wheat to the mill here on the MARGARITA WESTON.Crescent Shipping's low air-draft vessels used to trade further up-under the bridge to the mill at Beckingham.
On the left is ISLE OF AXHOLME, built in 1860, sold in 1912 to Goole S.P. Companyand broken up at Scarborough around 1920.At centre, SCARBOROUGH built in 1866, 142grt by Lewis and Stockwell, London.
The paddler on the right is not yet identified ... any ideas? A possible vessel is the 'Atlanta' 108 GRT 60 NRT and built 1851 by H. Smith & Son, Gainsborough. She was owned by the Gainsborough United Steam packet Co., who also owned the Scarborough.
Rick Cox collection,postcard,unknown photographer.