"Moons waxed and waned, the lilacs bloomed and died,
In the broad river ebbed and flowed the tide
Ships went to sea and ships came home from sea
And the slow years sailed by and ceased to be"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
SHIPOWNERS OF GOOLE
Photos mainly from Charlie Hill's albums
PART ONE - THE RAILWAY STEAMERS
Railway companies and their predecessors
(taken over by Humber S.S. Company in 1876)
(taken over by Goole S.S. Company in 1895)
YORKSHIRE COAL AND STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY (A. Meek & Sons)
(taken over by Goole S.S. Company in 1895)
(taken over by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company in 1/1905)
CO-OPERATIVE WHOLESALE SOCIETY, MANCHESTER
(their Goole-based fleet was taken over by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company in 4/1906)
LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY
(merged with the London & North-Western Railway Company in 1922
and thence to the London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company in 1923)
LONDON, MIDLAND & SCOTTISH RAILWAY COMPANY
BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION - BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD
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