George Parkes: Old Harbour Bridges and Barges

These photographs are by the late George Parkes and are held at Hull History Centre. The copyright belongs to the heirs of George Parkes. The restoration and re-processing of the original slides are by Richard Duffy-Howard and are licenced from, and with thanks to, Hull University Archives. If you have any information regarding George and his photographic work, please get in touch with us via the contact page: https://openbridgeshull.com/contact/

These colour photographs provide another view from a different perspective of the river and its history in the 1970s and early 80s: from arguably the most unusual photograph of Sammy’s Point taken from the Tidal Barrier to the image of the Humber Keel Comrade, in sail in the Old Harbour, taken from Drypool Bridge before the building of the Tidal Barrier, Myton Bridge, Scale Lane Bridge, Millennium and the Deep.

The gallery of photographs includes bridges, barges, old harbour, coaster and dry dock.

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Rich and Lou Duffy-Howard