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Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Date

1871-c1990

Reference code

BW192/3/2/2/11

Administrative / Biographical history

Also known as the Gloucester & Berkeley Ship Canal.

Extent & medium

204 photographs

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Vessels at Sharpness Lock on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Tanker barge 'BP Manufacturer' on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

'Patmaldon I' at Gloucester Docks

Motor vessel 'Borman' at Sharpness on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Diver descending at Gloucester Docks

Boats at Gloucester Docks

Boats at Gloucester Docks

Tug bringing narrowboats into Gloucester Docks

Portrait of Mrs Ada Gospel

Fire drill at Gloucester Docks

Two girls at Quedgeley Log Pound on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Interior of a warehouse at Gloucester Docks

Corn porters with sack trucks at Gloucester Docks

Sailing ship 'Francesco' and narrowboats at Sharpness on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Tug 'Stanegarth' and a train of barges at Sharpness Docks

Group of dockers at Sharpness on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

De Klop Steam dredger 'No 4' at Sharpness on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Tugs at Sharpness on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

'Severn Trader' in front of Llanthony Warehouse at Gloucester Docks

Training ship 'Albatross' and tug 'Primrose' at Sharpness on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Steam tugs towing a coaster on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Steam passenger trip boat 'Lapwing' on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Sharpness Docks taken from the top of the grain silo

Steam locomotive train arriving at Sharpness Station

General view of Newton near the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Tanker 'Regent Jane' on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Coaster 'Dayrose' and boat 'Leitrim' at Sharpness Docks

Sailing ship 'Viking' at Sharpness Docks

Overhead view of Sharpness Docks and the River Severn

Overhead view of Sharpness Docks and the River Severn

Gloucester and Sharpness Canal with the Severn Railway Bridge in the background

Workers unloading timber at Sharpness Docks

Street in Newtown near the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Street in Newtown near the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Steam locomotive at Sharpness Station with a viaduct in the background

View of Sharpness Docks

Scene at Sharpness Old Docks

Severn & Canal Carrying Company ship at Sharpness Docks

General view of buildings in Sharpness near the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

View along a road in Sharpness including the Church and Post Office

View along a road in Sharpness including the Church and Post Office

View of Sharpness Docks with numerous sailing ships

Tug 'Primrose' passing through a low level bridge at Sharpness Docks

Sailing ships 'Marina Madre' and 'Iredale' at Sharpness Docks

Numerous vessels moored at Sharpness Docks

Scene at Sharpness Docks

Steamer 'Assyria' at Sharpness Docks

Footpath approach to Sharpness Station

Steam locomotive at Sharpness Railway Station

Steam locomotive at Sharpness Railway Station

James & Hodder Ships Broker's office at Sharpness Docks

Numerous vessels at Sharpness Docks

Frozen canal at Sharpness Docks

Frozen canal at Sharpness Docks

Frozen canal at Sharpness Docks

St Andrew's Church in Sharpness

Boats and warehouses at Gloucester Docks

Boats and warehouses at Gloucester Docks

Boats and warehouses at Gloucester Docks

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Salvage of the No. 4 De Klop Steam Dredger at Monk Meadow Dock

Floating pumping plant being put aboard the barge 'Beachley' at Sharpness Docks

Fixing old lock gates at Sharpness Docks

Diver descending from a boat into the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

"Sharpness Docks. Fixing new outer gates."

"Sharpness Docks. Renewal of outer gates. Preparing dam for work on cill."

"Sharpness Docks. Work on renewing timber jetties."

"Sharpness Docks. Work on renewing timber jetties."

"Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. Suction Disposal Plant pumping mud out of hopper barges. Output end."

"Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. Suction Disposal Plant pumping mud out of hopper barges. Intake end."

Ice breaking by tugs on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Ice breaking by tugs 'Severn Iris' and 'Primrose' on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Oil tankers 'Regent Wren' and 'Weardake' travelling on the frozen Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Barge 'Severn Eagle' beached at Purton on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Barge 'Severn Eagle' beached at Purton on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Barges 'Severn Eagle' and 'Severn Hawk' beached at Purton on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Barges 'Severn Eagle' and 'Severn Hawk' beached at Purton on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Barge 'Severn Eagle' beached at Purton on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Bank protection using tree branches on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

"Sharpness Docks. Work on renewing timber jetties."

Group of canal workers repairing a culvert on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Severn Railway Bridge over the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

"The Docks, Gloucester"

Old Dock House at the Old Dock at Sharpness

Square sail ships at Sharpness New Dock

View of Gloucester Docks

View of the West Quay at Gloucester Docks

"Gun Boat Tribune, at Sharpness"

Steam Tug 'Primrose' on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

SS 'Olive Branch' of Sunderland moored at Sharpness Docks

British Transport Commission locomotive S.D. No 3 at Sharpness

Bird's-eye view of the entrance to Sharpness Docks

SS 'Balva' entering Sharpness Docks

Steam tug 'Primrose' and sailing ships on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Sharpness Docks taken from the south quayside

Sharpness Docks taken from a high level bridge

Group of dock workers at Sharpness

Philpotts Warehouse at Gloucester Docks

SS 'Petersten' bound out of Sharpness Docks stern first

SS 'Ada' loaded with timber and listing badly on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Steamer 'Lapwing' near Sharpness High Level Bridge on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Steamer 'Lapwing' and trow 'Wilfred' at Gloster Steam Packet Wharf at Sharpness

Boats on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal near the Severn Railway Bridge

Timber ship 'Harjurand' at Severn Ports warehouse at Sharpness Docks. Information received in June 2017 suggests that the photo may have been taken in 1938.

Sailing ships at Sharpness Docks

SS 'Randulf Hanber' unloading timber into barges at Sharpness Docks

Concrete barge 'Creteridge' at Hempsted on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Trow 'Spry' on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Crane overturned onto railway wagons at Sharpness

"Docks from Swing Bridge, Sharpness"

SS 'Argentina' aground with tugs above North Pier on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

SS 'Pontiack' at the dry-dock in Sharpness

"A scene at Sharpness Docks, showing the berthing, warehousing and railway facilities"

"Deal Cargo being landed at Sharpness Docks."

Scene on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal as taken from Llanthony Bridge

"A Block of Warehouses at Gloucester Docks"

"Part of Sharpness Docks"

"Vessels discharging wood goods, Sharpness Docks"

"Aerial view of Sharpness Docks"

John E Brinkworth, dock master at Sharpness Dock

John E Brinkworth with his son

Woodcut illustration of 'Severn Stream' in Gloucester Docks

Trestles of north pier at the entrance to Sharpness Docks

Scene at Sharpness Docks

View along a road in Sharpness

Scene at the Old Dock in Sharpness

Saniger Cottage at Sharpness

Berkeley Church Tower

Berkeley Castle from the meadows

Berkeley Church

Docks railway at Oldminster in Sharpness

Pleasure Gardens in Sharpness

Pleasure Gardens in Sharpness

Pleasure Gardens in Sharpness

Dock Row in Sharpness

View of Sharpness Docks

Steam ship and tanker barge passing on an icy Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Ships passing through low level swing bridge at Sharpness

Tanker barge 'Regent Wren' moored at the Old Dock Arm in Sharpness

Tanker barge 'Regent Robin' on a frozen Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Tanker barge 'Regent Robin' on a frozen Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

De Klop Steam Dredger no. 4 sunk at Monk Meadow

De Klop Steam Dredger no. 4 sunk at Monk Meadow

'Severn Trader' entering a lock at Sharpness

John Harker Limited tanker barge 'Huntdale H' outside the lock at Gloucester

Tanker barge and a tug frozen in ice on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Tanker barge 'Regent Swallow' forcing through ice in Sharpness Lock

Steam ship 'Candourity' moored in ice at Quedgeley Oil Terminal

Tug 'Severn Iris' breaking ice in Sharpness Dock

Cadet training ship 'Vindicatrix' at its berth near Sharpness Old Dock

Llanthony Warehouse with steam dredger and narrowboat 'Northwich' at Gloucester Docks

Site of Sharpness New Dock being surveyed and excavated

Sharpness New Dock under construction

Sharpness New Dock under construction

Sharpness New Dock under construction

Sharpness New Dock under construction

Sharpness New Dock under construction

Sharpness New Dock under construction

Sharpness New Dock under construction

Sharpness New Dock under construction

Scene at Sharpness New Dock

Lock wall burst at Sharpness New Dock

Lock wall burst at Sharpness New Dock

Lock wall burst at Sharpness New Dock

Sharpness New Dock under construction

"The Docks, Gloucester"

"Gloucester & Cathedral from the air"

Old Dock House in Sharpness

Visit to Gloucester including Charles Hadfield

Sharpness New Dock under construction

Severn and Canal Carrying Company's 'Atlanta' at Gloucester Docks on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Piling boat in action on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

View of new piling and boats on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Piling boat in operation on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Damage to the bank on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

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