Harbour Gallery

Weymouth Harbour, August 1929

A GWR publicity imaging showing a view across Weymouth Harbour to the Pavilion. The Pavilion opened in 1908 but was rebuilt in the late 1950s after a fire. Just in front of the pavilion, in this view, was the Weymouth Quay railway station. It served the many boats coming in and out of the harbour

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1920s, 1929, Boat, Harbour, Pavilion, Sea, Ship, Weymouth

Chesil Beach, Dorset, c.1930

Looking north west up Chesil Beach and over the village of Chiswell from the Isle of Portland. The oil storage depot can be seen in the distance on the thin section that separates the sea and Portland Harbour. The 18 mile long Chesil Beach is known as a barrier beach and is made up of shingle

Barrier Beach, Beach, Chesil Beach, Chiswell, Dorset, Fortuneswell, Harbour, Portland, Sea

Looe Quay, Cornwall, c.1930

A GWR publicity view of the coastal town of Looe in Cornwall, taken looking upstream in c.1930. The church tower of The Parish of Saint Nicholas is in the bottom right of the image, with boats at the quay and harbour lining the river banks. Connecting the two sides of Looe in the background is the 1853 stone Looe Bridge. A bridge has existed at this site since 1411

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