Shoreham Harbour and Adur River Mouth
James Gray: Looking east along the Canal towards Brighton, showing the original Electricity Works built on the banks in 1906. Beyond is the old Gas Works, which have been here since 1870. jgc_38_060
James Gray: Looking east towards the Gas Works and Electricity Works from a point adjoining the lone canal-side cottage which is seen in many photographs on nearby pages [see jgc_38_060 above and jgc_38_061 below]. Period unknown. jgc_38_062
2018: Crab Cottage was demolished some time after 1935. The remains of its foundations are still visible in the scrub at the foot of the bank. The electricity works are now occupied by Parker Steel. (Photographer: Jeremy Knight)
James Gray: View in the other direction [see jgc_38_060 above] period about 1935. Both these photos show the lone canal-side cottage. One wonders why this was built just a few feet from the water. I do not know how old it was but when I lived in Portslade in 1926 I was told that it had been there throughout the lifetime of very old inhabitants. jgc_38_061
2018: Looking towards Shoreham harbour, the 2018 photograph shows the Shoreham Power Station which was built on the site of the Brighton ‘B’ Power Station and opened in 2000. Its 106 metre high chimney is a local landmark. On the other side of the river one can see the A259 and houses in Seaview Estate, Southwick. (Photographer: Jeremy Knight)
James Gray: These three photographs [jgc_38_093, 094 and 095] all of the year 1933. This and jgc_38_095 show the ceremony of launching the new lifeboat by Prince George, after whom the new lock was named. jgc_38_093
James Gray: See caption for jgc_38_ 093 above. jgc_38_095
2018: See caption for jgc_38_093. Shown here is the inshore lifeboat being launched on the station’s second slipway. (Photographer: Jeremy Knight)
James Gray: These photographs [jgc_38_158 to jgc_38_161] all show the Norfolk Suspension Bridge, so called because it was built in 1832 at the expense of the Duke of Norfolk. The years of the photographs are unknown. The bridge, although structurally still sound, was unsuited to heavy motor traffic, so it had to be replaced by the present bridge, opened by Lord Leconfield, Lieutenant of Sussex, on 4 July 1923. jgc_38_158
James Gray: See caption for jgc_38_158 above. jgc_38_159
2019: See caption above for jgc_38_158. (Photographer: Jeremy Knight)
James Gray: Pile driving in progress for strengthening and developing the end of the Canal, during the 1950s. jgc_38_055
James Gray: The barque “Lord Baltimore” at anchor in the harbour almost at the eastern end, 23 August 1891. Beyond can be seen the Gas Works opened in 1870, but the Electricity Works had not then been built. jgc_38_063
James Gray: The old photograph, at the left, is of craft moored at Southwick in the harbour, on 12 October 1890. jgc_ 38_067
James Gray: These towers were erected in the Western Arm of Shoreham harbour in 1917. It has never been disclosed what their use was to be, the most popular theory at the time being that they were intended for the blocking of Channel harbours in German hands. After the end of the 1914-18 War, one of the towers was towed to a position off Portsmouth, where it still is – 1954. The other lingered on in its original position for some years, and was taken down and removed in 1924-25. Additional Information: now Nab Tower, Isle of Wight. jgc_38_075
James Gray: See caption for jgc_38_075 above. jgc_38_076
James Gray: See caption for jgc_38_075 above. jgc_38_076a
James Gray: [Top left] Yet more photographs of sailing races which took place in the Eastern Arm of the harbour – often referred to as the Canal – on 2 June 1893. In this view the yacht Latona is seen. jgc_38_133
James Gray: [Top right] This photograph shows the “Winner of the largest race 3.15 p.m.”. As can be seen, the entire stretch of the south bank, beyond the Gas Works, has completely changed during the past century. jgc_38_134
James Gray: [Middle right] Latona’s gig. June 2 1893, 4pm. jgc_38_135
James Gray: [Middle left] Photographs taken during races held in the Canal. All three show the old Mill which stood nearly on the Portslade-Southwick boundary. Note the large empty spaces between Fishersgate and Church Road, Portslade. Small boats racing 24 September 1892. jgc_38_136
James Gray: [Bottom right] See caption for jgc_38_136 above. jgc_38_137
James Gray: [Bottom left] Regatta in the Canal, April 21, 1894. See also caption for jgc_38_136 above. jgc_38_138
James Gray: Four photographs [see also jgc_38_142, 143 and 144 below] of differing periods, the locations of two of which are difficult to pinpoint. This photograph was copied from the very old one thought to date from the 1870s. The buildings seen may have formed part of the old Gas Works. jgc_38_141
James Gray: A later view of a sailing vessel unloading timber in the Eastern Arm about 1920. jgc_38_142
James Gray: In the two snapshots, by a holidaymaker in September 1933, this one showing the dredger looks across to Bungalow Town, Shoreham Beach. jgc_38_143
James Gray: In the two snapshots, by a holidaymaker in September 1933, this one showing yachts moored at Southwick. jgc_38_144
James Gray: Shoreham Ferrymen on their annual outing in 1905. jgc_38_146
James Gray: Fair on Shoreham Beach in the summer of 1933. jgc_38_150
James Gray: Children at the fair on the beach. jgc_38_151