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The 'Crab and Winkle Line' - Unloading Coal at Whitstable Harbour

Colliers unloading coals from Newcastle at Whitstable Harbour

Empress, no 107761, in Whitstable Harbour c.1890.

By 1890, the Harbour was the focal point of the town and was crowded with shipping; colliers brought coal from the north of England for transport by rail, and the Whitstable Hoy Company carried varied cargoes around the coast by Thames barges.

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Feb 2006