Goole 1905

Description

Dated 1905. Sheet 273.16b. 25in to the mile This detailed map covers the town of Goole, which was a small village until the 1820s but where the Aire & Calder Navigation Company then established a new town. Docks were built for the transhipment of goods from the Knottingley & Goole Canal to seagoing vessels. This map covers most of the town and features include station, St John's church, North Street, Booth Ferry Road, Clifton Gardens, Shuffleton, Tompits Holmes and the streets and houses in these areas. The docks are the dominant feature, including Railway Dock, Aldam Dock, Ship Dock, Barge Dock, Ouse Dock, The Basin and Bonding Dock, each shown with railway connections, swing bridges, locks, cranes and even mooring posts. On the reverse are included extracts from a Directory of Goole in 1889.