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Description: | By the early 19th century, Nottingham was an expanding, prosperous town. It was known both as an industrial centre and as an elegant, well-built town. This picture shows a working scene: coal is being unloaded from a barge to take into the town. In the 18th century, Daniel Defoe noted: "The Trent is navigable here for vessels or barges of great burthen, by which all their heavy and bulky goods are brought from the Humber ... such as iron, block-tin, salt, hops, grocery, dyers, wares, wine, oyl, tar, hemp, flax &c. and the same vessels carry down lead, coal, wood, corn". In the distance the castle and several churches stand out from the town. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Publisher: | T Barber | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Havell, D | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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