Hull’s River Bridges: Old Drypool 1889
There are a number of photographs of the original Drypool bridge, along with wonderful plans and description in the Engineer from 1890. However the images taken by Frank Drasdo, in colour, in the late 1950s, below, are remarkable. Thanks to Dave Drasdo for permission to publish his Uncle Frank’s photographs both here and to illustrate the fascinating stories of life on the river in our book ‘A River Full of Stories’.
Drypool Bridge and Salthouse Lane 1950s by Frank Drasdo
Drypool Bridge, Lighter and Lighterman, 1950s by Frank Drasdo
The photographs above, from Britain from Above are both captioned Joseph Rank Ltd Clarence Corn Mills, Kingston upon Hull, 1951, but both show the original bridge and river traffic and environs from the time. These images have been produced from prints marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
Rich and Lou Duffy-Howard
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