Daneway Basin and Wharf between 1905 and 1930.
Title
Daneway Basin and Wharf between 1905 and 1930.
Description
Photographs L - R, T - B:
1. In the first view from c. 1905, the barge appears to have unloaded and so is probably waiting to return to the west. Piles of stone are by the cottage and coal lies in front of the barge on the wharf.
Daneway Saw Mills lie behind the Wharf Cottage and the tall chimney almost blends in with the trees. The proprietor, Mr Gardiner, lived in the large house at the foot of Daneway Hill and his son Edward became a skilled chair-maker through the teaching and influence of Ernest Gimson. He later made chairs for Ernest Gimson and Sidney Barnsley of Daneway House and their craftsmen on a 50:50 profit basis.
The road up Daneway Hill was built as a service road during the construction of the canal and later used to transport goods out of Daneway Basin when the canal was open to this point, but before the tunnel was open for navigation.
2. An apparently idyllic scene, c. 1895 - 1900, looking across the basin was actually posed for the photographer. The right-hand girl on the wharf is Annie Hyett of Weston, Bath, who had relatives at Chalford called Davis. Thus she was probably staying with them and it is possible that the others may be members of that family. Annie was born in 1874, hence the date for the picture. She married a Butt whose mother had been a Minchinhampton girl.
Note that the lady in the Wharf Cottage doorway is wearing a man's cap, typical headgear for village women at this period.
3. c. 1910, a family outing on the canal with the barge moored in the canal by Daneway Bridge. Through the arch is the Daneway Upper Lock onto the summit level. The other barge lined up with the bridge is one of James Smart's from Chalford.
4. Taken from the causeway which crosses the Daneway Bridge, is from 191 and shows an interesting working scene, with piles of stone on the wharf on the left and coal on the right behind the blossom. The flight of locks goes down the canal and their route is shown by the gap in the trees in the background.
5. From 1917, the large basin on the left was lined with concrete and the flight of locks goes down the canal. However, there is no water and the canal is increasingly derelict.
6. The final view is the most recent, c. 1930 and the whole wharf complex can be seen because there is little tree growth. The canal has now been abandoned for several years and only rain water uses the channel. The sawmill chimney can be seen behind the trees to the rear of the wharf house, but the machinery was removed in 1927 and taken up to the Midlands by Phil Mills using one of Smart's barges.
1. In the first view from c. 1905, the barge appears to have unloaded and so is probably waiting to return to the west. Piles of stone are by the cottage and coal lies in front of the barge on the wharf.
Daneway Saw Mills lie behind the Wharf Cottage and the tall chimney almost blends in with the trees. The proprietor, Mr Gardiner, lived in the large house at the foot of Daneway Hill and his son Edward became a skilled chair-maker through the teaching and influence of Ernest Gimson. He later made chairs for Ernest Gimson and Sidney Barnsley of Daneway House and their craftsmen on a 50:50 profit basis.
The road up Daneway Hill was built as a service road during the construction of the canal and later used to transport goods out of Daneway Basin when the canal was open to this point, but before the tunnel was open for navigation.
2. An apparently idyllic scene, c. 1895 - 1900, looking across the basin was actually posed for the photographer. The right-hand girl on the wharf is Annie Hyett of Weston, Bath, who had relatives at Chalford called Davis. Thus she was probably staying with them and it is possible that the others may be members of that family. Annie was born in 1874, hence the date for the picture. She married a Butt whose mother had been a Minchinhampton girl.
Note that the lady in the Wharf Cottage doorway is wearing a man's cap, typical headgear for village women at this period.
3. c. 1910, a family outing on the canal with the barge moored in the canal by Daneway Bridge. Through the arch is the Daneway Upper Lock onto the summit level. The other barge lined up with the bridge is one of James Smart's from Chalford.
4. Taken from the causeway which crosses the Daneway Bridge, is from 191 and shows an interesting working scene, with piles of stone on the wharf on the left and coal on the right behind the blossom. The flight of locks goes down the canal and their route is shown by the gap in the trees in the background.
5. From 1917, the large basin on the left was lined with concrete and the flight of locks goes down the canal. However, there is no water and the canal is increasingly derelict.
6. The final view is the most recent, c. 1930 and the whole wharf complex can be seen because there is little tree growth. The canal has now been abandoned for several years and only rain water uses the channel. The sawmill chimney can be seen behind the trees to the rear of the wharf house, but the machinery was removed in 1927 and taken up to the Midlands by Phil Mills using one of Smart's barges.
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“Daneway Basin and Wharf between 1905 and 1930.,” Oakridge Archives, accessed May 5, 2024, https://oakridgearchives.omeka.net/items/show/461.