Ferro Concrete Barges in Walton Backwaters
Five Ferro Concrete Barges, FCBs, in Walton Backwaters at Foundry Reach and Tichmarsh Marina. From WW2.
Beaumont Quay & Cut
The Twizzle
The channel from Walton Channel to the Wade in the Walton Backwaters is interesting for its name. According to H.Muir Evans: Twissel Creek means the twirling creek, a dialect formation of “twist” or “twirl.” “Twirl” is cognate with Norwegian trilla and Cotgrave gives “Girer, to veere or turn with the wind, to twirle, whirle or …
Hamford Water: Walton Backwaters
Breakwater Lighters in Walton Backwaters
A group of twenty dumb barges or lighters has protected the northeast of Horsey Island, by the entrance to Walton Channel, since 1988. They constitute a one kilometre sea defence guarding the island against northeasterly waves to which Hamford Water is exposed, this is the …