Back in the day Ramsgate Harbour had two different entrances to the inner basin from the outer harbour.
much of the shipping was colliers as coal was the main fuel.
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Although after about 1700 Ramsgate was the main harbour before that I think it was mostly Margate
Back in the day the main purpose of inner basin at Ramsgate was to provide a head of water for the sluice gates that cleared the silt from the outer basin
OK for hardy fishing boats but not so good for leisure boats - going down onto whatever was in the bottom of the harbour when the level went down to run the sluices.
This is the steam train on Margate Harbour wall
and here is a collier "Grace" actually (but how much do you want to know?" delivering coal to Margate
another one here, not sure of its name
"Aquitey" I think at Margate
"Sincerity" at Margate
Note all the barges in this one
and this, not fishing smack but barges again
and as promised helicopter at Margate
Lunch painting at the Pav aka Wethersoons for me
Lots of books went out in the bookshop today, a fair bit of local history among them
this is the link to the pictures of them
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