EPW049117 ENGLAND (1935). The Outer Part of Town Eastward and Tower Hill, Harwich, 1935. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.

Fort with moat, surrounded by council houses and allotments

Light House

Harwich Town Station. Well the goods shed actually... the station being to the south (below) and the lines to the quay and train ferry to the north. These are still in the road beside the original level crossing gates, but end abruptly at the wall of a new building on the quay.

Great Eastern Train Ferry set up in 1923 using some equipment from the military train ferry services established from 1917 to take supplies by train and ship to the front. The Ferry could be 'Train Ferry No.1" or 2 or 3, as they all looked the same and the name is on the stern under the link span. No. 1 was scrapped in 1957, while 2 and 3 were snack in 1940 and 1945 respectively. The service to Zeebrugge competed with the shorter service from Dover to Dunkirk, both eventually ceasing with the arrival of the Channel Tunnel. Unlike the Dover service, which carried the Night Ferry sleeping cars, the Harwich service was freight only.