River Hull Archive #3 1945-1949

Open Bridges: A River Full Of Stories

Welcome to the third of our weekly selection of photographs from the HDM archive, after WW2, 1945-1949.  There is an incredible aerial shot from Paul’s Mill, looking south towards North Bridge down Wilmolmlee, and some evocative barge photos, one of a River crossing following the pontoon bridge being washed away at Beverley. Click on an image to see the full picture and scroll along.

Taken from the top of R and W Paul’s Mill looking south July 1949

The Pontoon Bridge connecting Beverley to Weel has been swept away by high tides in 1949

Concrete Barges in Hull Docks, 1949

The River Hull from Paul’s Mill July 5th 1949

BOCM building 1947

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Thanks again to Angus Young.  All photographs used with permission. We’ve digitised and processed the original photographs, restoring them where possible.

Visit the River Full Of Stories memory page here for more stories, films and photographs.

Rich & Lou Duffy-Howard

Open Bridges made history when for the first time all 13 of the bridges over the River Hull in the UK’s City of Culture 2017 raised, swung or closed simultaneously splitting the city of Hull in two at 20:17 hours on 22nd September 2017.  Historic vessels sailed down the River to be met by 21st century tugs.

Open Bridges is an independent Hull/East Yorkshire based project.