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Cooks Shipyard

  • About the STS The Lord Nelson built at Wivenhoe in the late 80s

    About the STS The Lord Nelson built at Wivenhoe in the late 80s

    Wivenhoe's connection with the Jubilee Sailing Trust's vessel, The Lord Nelson, by Brian Sinclair
  • Archaeological Report on Cook's Shipyard

    Archaeological Report on Cook's Shipyard

    An archaeological watching brief at the former Cooks shipyard and gasworks, Wivenhoe, near Colchester, Essex, March 2006-November 2007
  • Cook's Shipyard mid 2000s

    Cook's Shipyard mid 2000s

    Before and during the construction phase
  • Cook's Shipyard to Housing Development

    Cook's Shipyard to Housing Development

    About the transformation from Cook's Shipyard in 2002
  • Filming of "Plotlands" 1996

    Filming of "Plotlands" 1996

    On the old Cook's Wet Dock and in Anchor Hill
  • Flooding in Cook's Shipyard in 1972

    Flooding in Cook's Shipyard in 1972

    Just one of many occasions when very high water in the River Colne caused flooding in the shipyard
  • James W. Cook & Co. (Wivenhoe) Ltd

    James W. Cook & Co. (Wivenhoe) Ltd

    The last ship to be launched: The Kilmourne
  • James W. Cook & Co. (Wivenhoe) Ltd. (1)

    James W. Cook & Co. (Wivenhoe) Ltd. (1)

    The Beginnings
  • Launch of the tug REGARD circa 1958

    Launch of the tug REGARD circa 1958

    Built at Cooks
  • Opening of Cooks Jetty

    Opening of Cooks Jetty

    In May 2011, the jetty at Cooks Shipyard was re-opened after its rebuild by Taylor Wimpey
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Shipyards

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Shipyards

    The Wivenhoe shipyards and people's lives working in them
  • The Closure of Queens Road 2002-2011

    The Closure of Queens Road 2002-2011

    The dispute over the access routes to Cooks Shipyard development
  • The Story of Cooks Shipyard

    The Story of Cooks Shipyard

Downstream Shipyards
  • Cox & King, Wivenhoe
  • Downstream Boatyard - 1994
  • The Story of Cooks Shipyard
  • Vosper & Co. Ltd, Wivenhoe
  • Cooks Shipyard
  • James Husk & Son
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