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The Port of Grimsby is located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary at Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire.Sea trade out of Grimsby dates to at least the medieval period. The Grimsby Haven Company began dock development in the late 1700s, and the port was further developed from the 1840s onwards by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MSLR) and its successor
The 114-mile (183 km) Yorkshire Coast, from the River Tees to the Humber estuary, has many ports both small and large where the fishing trade thrives. The historic ports at Hull and Whitby are important locations for the landing and processing of fish and shellfish. Scarborough and Bridlington are also sites of commercial fishing.
Other major seafood companies include the Icelandic-owned Coldwater Seafood, [44] employing more than 700 across its sites in Grimsby; and Five Star Fish, [45] a supplier of fish products to the UK food market. The £5.6 million Humber Seafood Institute, [46] the first of its kind in the UK, opened in 2008. Backed by Yorkshire Forward, North ...
Bluecrest, founded in 1975 by Frank Flear, was a British manufacturer and processor of fish products based in Grimsby, England, UK. It was acquired by Fitch Lovell in 1985 and in 1990 it was sold to Booker Plc, which also had acquired the Ross fish division from Hanson. The two companies were merged to form Booker's Fish Division.
The port of Grimsby, [map 1] was a significant local town and market in the medieval period, with fish being the predominant traded good. From around the 14th century the port's importance in international trade diminished, in part due to competition from Hull, Boston, as well as the Hanseatic League; whilst coastal trade and inland waterway trade became more important.
Major fires destroyed the fish market at St Andrews Dock in 1929, and a general cargo shed at Humber Dock in 1951. [329] In 1970, a vehicle carrying liquefied gas struck the top of a road subway leading to the William Wright and St Andrew's docks, resulting in a gas explosion and fire. The incident caused two deaths and 17 serious injuries ...
A source with local knowledge refers to the station as "Riby Street Platforms". [3] The station was known as "Skateknob Junction" by workers at the nearby fish docks. [4] [5] It consisted of two narrow wooden platforms connected by a footbridge. [6] Although the platforms had been removed, the footbridge was still plain to see in 1961. [7]
Swing bridge located between Blackfriargate and Humber Street (between present Myton Bridge and Tidal Barrier). [73] Image. [74] The engineer was John Hawkshaw, the contractor was Henry Grissell (Regent's Canal Ironworks Co.). [75] Millennium Bridge [76] 2001 A pedestrian swing bridge giving access to The Deep, with a span of 102 feet (31 m)