Selby, The Toll Bridge 1901

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The timbered toll-bridge carrying the York road over the Ouse was erected in 1791, and was one of the earliest of its type in the country. It survived until it was replaced by a modern bridge in 1970. Small ships still load and unload at the modest wharf today. Shipbuilding was also carried on here. However, because of the width of the river, vessels were launched sideways. In the background is the beautiful abbey church, dating from around 1100.

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River Traffic And Ice Flows

As a child and adult, I remember the bridge and how long it was closed for boats coming up to the BOCM and Ranks flour mill. It had to opened in sync with the railway bridge and the trains. I remember the barges with big red sails towing more barges, and the year of a severe freeze when the river froze solid and looked like the Baltic with huge ice floes; people thought it might destroy the bridge ...see more