Where I am

[Heartland]

No

 

It is from a RCHS Gardiner collection print

The following is a few prints along

 

It will be nice to see the restoration get this far although progress is slow

 

 

 

[Heartland]

This is from the waterways archive taken in 1947 in a canal office, the person foreground, right is Archibald White (1892-1961)

Any ideas where? 

[Heartland]

Mr White went afterwards to work for the DIWE in the North West

[Heartland]

So no comments, the inference is that it was taken in the BCN office at Daimler House

 

 

[Heartland]

Another location to consider which should be found however there is also a question as to the type of craft. The year was 1902

 

 

[ditchcrawler]

47 minutes ago, Heartland said:

Another location to consider which should be found however there is also a question as to the type of craft. The year was 1902

 

 

Well its not the old main line, I am sure of that 

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

..me too,

very distinctive steps and bridge so someone ought to recognise it straight away (assuming it ain’t been knocked about beyond recognition),

Good photo,

[J R ALSOP]

I would like to say R. Trent Victoria Embankment, but only been there once in 1962.

[magnetman]

The barges look a bit Leeds and Liverpool ish. 

 

Northern for sure definitely not south of Watford !

@Pluto ?

 

I'm a bit tempted to say it might be in France. 

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

5 minutes ago, J R ALSOP said:

I would like to say R. Trent Victoria Embankment, but only been there once in 1962.

a quick google makes me think you right 😃

[ditchcrawler]

39 minutes ago, J R ALSOP said:

I would like to say R. Trent Victoria Embankment, but only been there once in 1962.

Same here

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

I was there last year 

so ought to have recognised it 😳

[Rob-M]

I presumed Trent Bridge, I thought I had a photo from by County Hall from the few times we moored there as daughter use to live just round the corner but couldn't find the photo.

[J R ALSOP]

I think there must have been a weir raising downstream, not as many steps visible in latest shot.

[magnetman]

5 minutes ago, J R ALSOP said:

I think there must have been a weir raising downstream, not as many steps visible in latest shot.

Maybe a bit of extra land water Roger. 

 

If you look at the bridge it does seem there is a considerable amount of water about. The trees are green though. 

 

Edited November 4, 2024 by magnetman

[Stroudwater1]

Interesting as Notts Forest only moved to their current ground in 1898 and there seem to be floodlights at the ground to the right of the picture in 1902. 

The omnibus crossing the bridge is a lovely touch but the barge name I’m not sure of. The middle one has an interesting bow with several sections on it. 

Edited November 4, 2024 by Stroudwater1

[Pluto]

This is one of the wooden Trent boats at Holme Lock, probably in the 1920s. It has a carvel bottom and clinker sides, with the hard chine used on wooden Thames sailing barges. At one stage in their design development, Humber keels/sloops also had a carvel bottom with clinker sides, but seem to have had a round chine. This type of construction seems to have been useful for boats which carried variable weights as the wooden clinker sides were less likely to leak after being out of the water for some time because of light cargoes. Although coastal craft continued using clinker construction, it seems to have disappeared on inland craft around 1900, possibly because the heads of the clenching nails could be worn away as boats entered or left locks. Inland wharfs tended to be stone, which also caused similar problems.

[kev notts]

That is Trent Bridge in Nottingham. 

Lady Bay Bridge can be seen in the background. 

The river level was raised when Holme Sluice was constructed. 

[Heartland]

Yes Trent Bridge

And thanks to Pluto about the craft details although needs further explanation as to craft on the left

 

[BCN Challenge]

On 04/11/2024 at 22:19, Stroudwater1 said:

Interesting as Notts Forest only moved to their current ground in 1898 and there seem to be floodlights at the ground to the right of the picture in 1902. 

The omnibus crossing the bridge is a lovely touch but the barge name I’m not sure of. The middle one has an interesting bow with several sections on it. 

Floodlit football wasn’t a thing until the 1950s so if there are lighting towers in the picture they are probably nothing to do with a football pitch. 

[Pluto]

4 hours ago, Heartland said:

Yes Trent Bridge

And thanks to Pluto about the craft details although needs further explanation as to craft on the left

 

Accommodation boats for canal maintenance workers were not that unusual, though I would need a better quality photo to suggest whether it was a 'modern' boat for the Trent improvement, or an older boat being reused.

[billh]

5 hours ago, BCN Challenge said:

Floodlit football wasn’t a thing until the 1950s so if there are lighting towers in the picture they are probably nothing to do with a football pitch. 

The Ashton National F.C. had floodlighting  in 1932 courtesy of their sponsors the National Gas & Oil Engine Co of Ashton Under Lyne. The company provided the stadium with electric lighting from a generator from  the adjacent works.One suspects the installation was for sales purposes for other clubs, I wonder if it was successful? This is the same company that supplied GUCCCo boats with engines in the 1930s as RN couldn't  fulfill the orders in time.

[AI Rowboat]

David McWilliams…..The Days of Pearly Spencer

1967 presumably.

Bit of a tough one, but where was this filmed?

For the YouTube cool cats, here’s the whole thing….

 

https://youtu.be/4VDS8uArR0A?si=wETCB_IuE9_UnPGD

Edited November 10, 2024 by AI Rowboat

[David Mack]

It looks a bit like Commercial Road bridge over the Regents Canal, but I'm not sure.

[Derek R.]

In the comments below the You Tube video, someone writes it is in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Good luck in searching for it - there's lots of bridges over the canals there.

The style of metal kegs and the white painted stakes are a clue that it's not in England.

Edited November 10, 2024 by Derek R.