driffield navigation guide

Work on the New Navigation made a slow start. Tenders were called for the dismantling and rebuilding of Hull Bridge, in the Hull Advertiser 18th June 1803. The work of rebuilding the Bridge was completed by 1st November 1803, at a cost of £560 The Navigation works, including the new lock staircase and lock cut, were in the hands of William Chapman, and Thomas Atkinson of Driffield contracted for the River Works. The mortgagees of the Old Navigation put up the money for the Navigation works, and half the cost of rebuilding Hull Bridge (the other half being raised by Richard Bethell who owned the Leven Canal and could thus benefit from the reconstruction). The authorised work was completed in 1805, (except for the navigation to Corps Landing which was completed in 1811) at a cost of £6,143.