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Description: | Fareham Quay was a busy port for many centuries. It extended at one time all along the Gosport Road and ships were moored out in the creek. Among the commodities handled was coal for the local firm of Wood and Company and flat bottomed coal barges, such as the Leonard were pulled by tugs from Portsmouth. Fareham had been an important port since at least the 14th century trading in wine, timber and wheat. This later changed to pottery, rope and bricks until the creek silted up and was no longer of any importance as a major port.
References:
1. James, Alice. 1989. Fareham between the wars, p. 61-67.
2. Emery, John. 1985. Fareham in old picture postcards, p. 52.
Copy photograph of a photograph. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council | Subjects: | port Wood and Company barge River Wallington viaduct street quay boat business Lower Quay railway transport Gosport Road Leonard river | Temporal: | start=1910-01-01; end=1930-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Copied by: Dine, Derek; Hampshire County Library; | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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