Another take on Sammy's slip(way)

In 9/2/19 some observations of the slipway of Martin Samuelson's slip way were posted by me on the Face Book site 'Hull the good old day' and here on my blog. However, several questions are still to be answered as it has become very obvious that ground truth deductions from the remains of posts in the 1993 photo can't be made now in real life. This is because the retaining wall of the land (see photos) on which the Deep was built has obliterated much evidence. More information on Sammy's point (the land and the name) act as a forerunner to this entry can be found elsewhere on this site

A 1993 Photo of Sammy's point (Geograph.Org)

However, I have received some photo from an Ashley Howard who kindly went out on Saturday 9/2/19 to take them. I post two of them below. Besides being attractive photos they show how many timbers have gone since 1993 but some of the remaining ones show a sturdiness perhaps associated with a slipway.

Shows some post and the retaining wall (Photo Ashley Howard )

Looking at the 1993 photo and the drawing of a launch it seems to me that some ships may have been beached and chocked up for repair. Small 'inlets seem to be evident in the 1993 photo.

Shoes some posts attached together indicating a structural purpose (Photo Ashley Howard)

A launch from Samuelson's yard. (From Hull the good old days)

Martin Samuelson formed his ship yard during the great dock expansion in Hull (1779-1885). No doubt other small operators existed dealing with the building and repair of boats, small may they have been. It seem likely that creeks, inlets and slipways would have been used for such small enterprises, some of which could be indicated on the 1993 photograph of the area by The Deep. The winding house on Victoria Dock estate is testimony to this.

The old winding house at Victoria Docks (Photo Chris Coulson)

The fact that Samuelson was a successful iron ship builder building ships of a comparatively large size, indicates that the demand for larger more robust ships would have been growing and the building of smaller wooden vessels declining. Hull after all was gaining importance in overseas trade.

So, there is much more to be learned about the small boat and barge building enterprises in Hull and along the Humber before the remaining evidence is swept away.