Bridging That Gap

Artist's impression of Watton Wharf in the 1850s (see adjacent photograph for the scene today). Photographed from the information board there.

Now tranquil, in the 1850s, Watton Wharf was a thriving industrial wharf loading and unloading coal, lime and limestone for and from the adjacent Watton limekilns. On the far bank, a tramway went on to Hay on Wye and beyond. See adjacent photograph for a depiction if the same scene in the 1850s.

Bridge 165 at Watton Wharf viewed from the South. To the right of the bridge, the archway through which ran the tramway to Hay on Wye (see adjacent photograph for an artist's impression of the tramway in operation.