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Loading ramp, Hull Corporation Pier
Loading ramp, Hull Corporation Pier Hull Corporation's loading ramp is seen from the shore side leading down towards the floating pontoon from where MV Farringford tied up. The access for vehicles looks perilously narrow but was capable of carrying minibus-sized vans but anything larger would have the prospect of a very long drive around with the first point to cross the Humber at Boothferry bridge north of Goole (for the River Ouse) and then the King George V bridge just west of Scunthropre (for the River Trent). For larger vehicles, the opening of the Humber bridge, a week after this photograph was taken, must have been a real boon. Whilst many at the time thought that the Humber bridge was a hugely expensive glory project pushed forward by the Minister of Transport Barbara Castle in an effort to 'buy' voters during a 1965 by-election in Hull it has undoubtedly proved its worth over the years contributing massively to the economic growth of north Lincolnshire and Humberside in general. Keywords: Loading ramp Hull Corporation Pier Sealink
Loading ramp, Hull Corporation Pier Hull Corporation's loading ramp is seen from the shore side leading down towards the floating pontoon from where MV Farringford tied up. The access for vehicles looks perilously narrow but was capable of carrying minibus-sized vans but anything larger would have the prospect of a very long drive around with the first point to cross the Humber at Boothferry bridge north of Goole (for the River Ouse) and then the King George V bridge just west of Scunthropre (for the River Trent). For larger vehicles, the opening of the Humber bridge, a week after this photograph was taken, must have been a real boon. Whilst many at the time thought that the Humber bridge was a hugely expensive glory project pushed forward by the Minister of Transport Barbara Castle in an effort to 'buy' voters during a 1965 by-election in Hull it has undoubtedly proved its worth over the years contributing massively to the economic growth of north Lincolnshire and Humberside in general. Keywords: Loading ramp Hull Corporation Pier Sealink


Hull Corporation's loading ramp is seen from the shore side

leading down towards the floating pontoon from where MV Farringford tied up. The access for vehicles looks perilously narrow but was capable of carrying minibus-sized vans but anything larger would have the prospect of a very long drive around with the first point to cross the Humber at Boothferry bridge north of Goole (for the River Ouse) and then the King George V bridge just west of Scunthropre (for the River Trent). For larger vehicles, the opening of the Humber bridge, a week after this photograph was taken, must have been a real boon. Whilst many at the time thought that the Humber bridge was a hugely expensive glory project pushed forward by the Minister of Transport Barbara Castle in an effort to 'buy' voters during a 1965 by-election in Hull it has undoubtedly proved its worth over the years contributing massively to the economic growth of north Lincolnshire and Humberside in general.