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Littlehampton HarbourA paddle steamer chugs up the harbour beside the pier at Littlehampton, West Sussex
Holidaymakers on the sands at Filey, North Yorkshire -- the beach is full of people, either walking or paddling. Date: 1940s
Hms Dreadnought 1906The ship that gave her name to a new style of warship - the mighty HMS Dreadnought leaves Portsmouth harbour, escorted by a paddle-wheel tug
Wreck of the SS Chusan, Ardrossan, 1874Engraving showing the wreck of the paddle-steamer Chusan near the entrance to Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, 1874
Paddle Steamer Leith 1837The paddle steamer Leith arriving at Grantham Pier, Edinburgh. Built by R.Menzies & Sons for the General Steam Navigation Co 1837 and used by GSNC for coastal service between Leith and London
Beach scene, Walton-on-the-Naze, EssexScene of holidaymakers on the Albion Beach at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. A long line of bathing machines on wheels can be seen in the background, waiting to be hauled by a horse to the waters edge
Neptune SteamshipSince this paddle steamer is depicted on the Elbe, it is doubtless employed on the England to Hamburg run. The other ship is the Caledonia
Cleethorpes Sea FrontThe crowded sea front at Cleethorpes. People sunbathe in deckchairs and paddle in the sea
West Indies Grenada(Windward Islands) Native porters coaling a paddle-steamer in St Georges Harbour
Thames Paddle SteamerA Thames paddle-steamer at Gravesend, Kent
Paddle steamer La Marguerite, off Penmaenmawr, with Great Orme in the distance. Date: circa 1907
Clyde paddle steamer Mercury approaching a jetty in Western Scotland in August 1913 Date: 1913
Riverboat Great RepublicThe elegant Mississippi paddle steamer Great Republic
Canoeist about to CanoeGirl in her one-piece swimming costume & bathing cap with checker board trim going off for a paddle
Ilfracombe Harbour, Victorian period
Poster, Arcachon, France, a town for winter and summer, Chemins de Fer du Midi - casinos, beach, forest, hunting, fishing, regattas, races, pigeon shooting, golf. Date: circa 1895
Paddling at HeystA group of children in striped bathing costumes paddle happily in the surf at Heyst sur Mer, Belgium. Date: circa 1905
Paddle steamer Medway Queen, Sheerness, KentPaddle steamer Medway Queen, arriving at Sheerness-on-Sea, Kent. During the Second World War she acted as a minesweeper, and made seven evacuation trips from Dunkirk in 1940, rescuing 7000 men
Bristol - The Clifton Suspension Bridge over the Avon GorgeBristol - The Clifton Suspension Bridge (designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel) over the River Avon Gorge - a paddlesteamer passes beneath. Date: 1936
Comic postcard, Enormous man with woman in the sea Date: 20th century
Paddle Steamer Bournemouth Queen, of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Date: circa 1910
Paddle Steamer Southampton, at SouthamptonPaddle Steamer Southampton of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, at Southampton, with passengers on deck. Date: circa 1900s
Kashmir, River Jhelum - woman paddles a wooden boatKashmir, River Jhelum - woman with two small children paddles a flat-bottomed wooden boat, or shikara Date: 1986
Glasgow / The BroomielawA paddle steamer at the quayside Date: 1907
The Esplanade, Rothesay Isle of Bute
Broomielaw, Glasgow early 1900's
The Water Nymph by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl paddling in the sea. Date: 1933
Steamer Solent leaving Lymington Pier for Isle of WightThe Ferry Steamer Solent leaving Lymington Pier for the Isle of Wight. Date: 1908
Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, France - Mill and Old Fish StreetHesdin, Pas-de-Calais, France - Mill on the River Canche view of the old Fish Street Date: circa 1910s
Greenwich Hospital and the River Thames, London, 1900Illustration showing the view across the River Thames, from the Isle of Dogs, looking towards the Greenwich Naval Hospital, London, 1900
Budleigh Salterton, DevonThe seaside resort of Budleigh Salterton in Devon. Holiday makers paddle in the sea and recline in deck chairs
Steamship Crowd 1899A crowd clamour to get a good glimpse of St. Elvies a paddle steamer of the Liverpool and North Wales Steamship Co. at Llandudno, North Wales
Hunters Quay, Argyll & Bute, Scotland, with a paddle steamer approaching the pier. Date: circa 1900
Paddle Steamer Balmoral, Isle of WightPaddle Steamer Balmoral, near The Solent, Isle of Wight, England. Date: 1922
Charlotte Dundas Paddle BoatPrint of the Charlotte Dundas, the first practical application of steam power driving a paddle wheel. Designed by William Symington and trested on the Forth and Clyde Canal in 1802
Steamboat pier, Trefriew (i. e. Trefriw), WalesSteamboat pier, Trefriew (i.e. Trefriw), Wales. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
A midnight race on the Mississippi. Date c1890
English River SteamerA paddle steamer carries excursionists on the river Witham at Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Bound down the River. Date 1870
Boating BeaglesTwo beagles in a rowing boat, one playing mandolin and the other holding a paddle. Date: early 1930s
New Orleans / Birds EyeA bird s-eye view of the Mississippi snaking its way through the town of New Orleans, a town of ships and trade
Forfarshire Shipwreck 5When this paddle steamer wrecks on the Farne Islands, off Northumberland, lighthouse keeper Darling and 18-year old daughter Grace row to the wreck and save nine
Dover Harbour PostcardA steam train pulled up on the Admiralty Pier alongside a paddle steamer
Eskimo Hunts a NarwhalAn Eskimo fisherman pursuing a narwhal
Bathingmachines / BrightonLadies and babies paddle and splash in the sea at Brighton
Paddlers PhotographedPapa snaps Mama and the baby as they paddle
Comic postcard, Large woman paddling in the sea Date: 20th century
View of the Houses of Parliament across the River ThamesView of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London seen from across the River Thames - a small paddle steamer heads heads downstream passed a group of empty moored river barges