The Humber paddle steamers in 1970`s
(photo - B.White)
Paddle steamer "Lincoln Castle" (built 1940) in full steam on River
Humber
(photo B.White)
PS "Lincoln Castle" comes alongside New Holland pier.
(photo - "Memory Lane" 528 Hessle Rd Hull)
PS Lincoln Castle on the river Humber
(photo - "Memory Lane" 528 Hessle Rd Hull)
The engine room of PS Lincoln Castle
(photo - "Memory Lane" 528 Hessle Rd Hull)
PS Lincoln Castle comes alongside New Holland pier in its last year
of operation.
The Humber paddle steamers in 2000
PS Lincoln Castle is now a floating pub moored alongside the National
Fishing
Heritage Museum in Alexandra Dock Grimsby. 27-9-00
P.S. Tattershall Castle moored on the River Thames in London
also now a floating pub. - September 2000
(photo Bill Gladwell)
PS Wingfield Castle at Hartlepool, the place of its birth, in August
2000
The Humber Bridge spans the River Humber between Barton on Humber
on the south bank
and Hessle on the north bank. The Humber ferry was withdrawn
on 24th June 1981
- the day that the bridge was opened.