CRANE LIFT

A bit of industrial archaeology today !

A trip out this morning to the Canal Basin at Driffield, East Yorkshire UK.

The site has two preserved canal cranes and many buildings, including a number of terraced cottages and warehouses which have been converted into flats.

All of this lies on the Driffield Navigation, an 11 mile waterway made up of a number of linked rivers situated in East Yorkshire, to the north of the River Humber. The main part of the route is the River Hull and here, at the northern end, is Frodingham Beck and the main Driffield Canal.

An enabling Act, allowing the creation of a canal, was granted in 1767, making the Driffield Navigation one of the earliest canals to be built in the UK.

Sadly these cranes are no longer used. Across the water is a large flour mill and corn seed merchants belonging to E. B. Bradshaw & Sons.