Port of Goole

File:Target Dossier for Goole, Yorkshire, England - DPLA - 8ac6a77ef789fe71f683cb4790e2c646 (page 1).jpg, 1940]]

Whilst the location of Goole as a settlement has been around since Anglo-Saxon times,{{cite news |editor-last1=Mitchinson |editor-first1=James |title=Lost images of days gone by – in the port that's 50 miles from the sea |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=6 December 2022 |page=9|issn=0963-1496}} the land surrounding the area of Goole was marshy, and only drained when King Charles I granted Cornelius Vermuyden the right to drain the land and divert the River Don into the Ouse, rather than the Trent.{{cite news |last1=Oates |first1=Lucy |title=Goole, the 'port in green fields' once at centre of Yorkshire coalfields industry and a town on the up |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/goole-the-port-in-green-fields-once-at-centre-of-yorkshire-coalfields-industry-and-a-town-on-the-up-3026693 |access-date=19 August 2022 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=8 November 2020}} The River Don had hitherto drained eastwards directly into the Trent at Adlingfleet.{{cite book |last1=Reeve |first1=Elizabeth |title=River Don |date=2015 |publisher=Amberley Publishing |location=Stroud |isbn=9781445638683 |page=93}} Prior to the diversion of the River Don (which became known as the Dutch River), and the opening of the Aire and Calder Navigation, Goole itself was a tiny hamlet, on the south bank of the River Ouse.{{sfn|Fell|2016|p=13}} In 1821, five years before the port was opened, the population of Goole was listed as 450; by 1831, it had increased threefold to 1,671. By 1901, the town had grown to 4,549 residents.{{cite book |editor1-last=Page |editor1-first=William |title=The Victoria history of the county of York. vol 3 |date=1907 |publisher=Constable & Co |location=London |page=534|oclc=500092527}} The port was completed and opened in July 1826, but Goole itself was not recognised legally as a port town until 1828.{{sfn|East|1931|p=204}} However, the effect of the township's creation led to it being a point of reference locally. When land was advertised for sale in local newspapers, hamlets in the area were always advertised as being "near Howden..", this changed to being "near Goole."{{sfn|Porteous|1977|p=137}}

The proprietors of the canal sought to exploit the increasing coal trade which was being mined further inland in the West Riding of Yorkshire.{{sfn|Duckham|1967|p=87}} Prior to the opening of the Aire and Calder Navigation, Selby was the port of transhipment for coal from the West Riding, but by 1828, Goole had supplanted Selby as the exporting hub in the region.{{cite book |editor1-last=Pugn |editor1-first=R. B. |title=A history of the county of York, East Riding |date=1969 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=London |isbn=0197227376 |page=174}} In addition to the coal trade, Goole was not only further downriver, but the section of the Ouse between Selby and Goole was beset by several meanders (what Baron Duckham labelled as a "torturous voyage"), which made it harder for larger shipping to navigate.{{sfn|Duckham|1967|pp=88, 94}} The proprietors of Goole docks were keen to achieve foreign trade status, a desired marque awarded by the Board of Customs. Initially, the comptroller was resistant to this, however, the board was suitably impressed enough by the dock operation to grant the award, much to the consternation of those operating Hull docks.{{sfn|Porteous|1977|p=143}} By 1840 Goole was exporting {{convert|100,000|tonne}} of coal each year; four times the amount being shipped out of Hull docks.{{sfn|East|1931|p=208}}

Trade through the port suffered during the First World War, the Depression and the Second World War.{{sfn|BTDB|1976|p=13}} The reorganisation of the British Ports, a UK government white paper, took effect on 1 January 1963, and Goole became one of 19 ports operated by the British Transport Docks Board across Great Britain.{{#tag:ref|The other 18 were; Ayr, Barrow, Barry, Cardiff, Fleetwood, Garston, Grimsby, Hull, Immingham, King's Lynn, Lowestoft, Newport, Plymouth (Millbay), Port Talbot, Silloth, Southampton, Swansea, and Troon|name=Ports|group=note}}{{cite news |last1=Finnis |first1=S. A. |title=British Transport Docks Board |work=The Times |issue=57597 |date=27 June 1969 |page=24|issn=0140-0460}}{{sfn|BTDB|1976|p=14}} Up until 1974, the port was in the West Riding of Yorkshire, but it was moved into the new county of Humberside.{{cite news |last1=Routledge |first1=Paul |title=Humberside |work=The Times |issue=62118 |date=22 April 1985 |page=16|issn=0140-0460}} This itself was abolished in 1996, and Goole was moved into the East Riding of Yorkshire.{{cite news |editor-last1=Stothard |editor-first1=Peter |editor-link=Peter Stothard|title=Unloved counties consigned to annals of local history |work=The Times |issue=65542 |date=1 April 1996 |page=8|issn=0140-0460}}

In 1983, the British Transport Docks Board was wound-up, with all assets being privatised, Goole Docks was acquired by Associated British Ports (ABP).{{sfn|Fell|2016|p=111}} The port was granted Freeport status in 2021, along with the other Humber ports of Grimsby, Hull and Immingham.{{cite news |last1=Snowdon |first1=Ros |title="Freeport status is a game-changer...it is the final piece in the jigsaw." Yorkshire developer welcomes freeport news |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/freeport-status-for-the-humber-is-a-game-changer-3157356 |access-date=5 May 2023 |work=Yorkshire Post |date=8 March 2021}}

The port is connected at the west end to the Aire and Calder Navigation, with the Dutch River (the new course of the River Don) immediately to the south of the canal, and they run alongside each other to the west for {{convert|6|mi}}.{{sfn|Rennison|1996|p=166}} Initially, the port only had two locks; Barge Lock ({{convert|3|acre}}) controlled entry into the River Ouse, and Ship Lock ({{convert|2.75|acre}}) was a little further north, connected to the canal end of Barge Dock.{{sfn|BTDB|1976|p=3}}{{sfn|Fell|2016|p=21}} Despite the small size of both locks, they could hold about 60 ships and 200 barges, and the nascent port was known to be quite efficient at the transshipment of goods.{{sfn|Jackson|1983|p=63}} A timber pond was built on the western approach to the dock on the Aire and Calder Navigation, but this was later developed into South Dock.{{sfn|Porteous|1977|p=139}} In 1838, the port was expanded by the addition of Ouse Dock (which still exists) and was noted for is width of {{convert|58|ft}}, built to accommodate paddle steamers.{{sfn|BTDB|1976|p=4}} In 1845, the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway, lodged an application to Parliament to build a railway to the docks at Goole, something which the dock proprietors initially resisted, however, the railway was completed in 1848.{{cite book |last1=Bairstow |first1=Martin |title=Railways in East Yorkshire |date=2007 |publisher=Martin Bairstow |location=Halifax |isbn=978-1-871944-32-7 |page=48}}

In the early days of the port's development, it was called The Port in Green Fields, due to its rural location surrounded by fields. The name was later attributed to Lord Baden-Powell.{{cite news |last1=Groom |first1=Brian |title=Goole and Goolies |url=https://www.ft.com/content/c9d9f5ea-cd5f-11de-8162-00144feabdc0 |access-date=22 August 2022 |work=The Financial Times |date=9 November 2009|url-access=subscription}} Between 1826 and 1974, the port was in the West Riding of Yorkshire (the River Ouse being the boundary between the West and East Ridings at that location), making Goole one of only two seaports in the West Riding of Yorkshire (the other being Selby).{{cite book |last1=Hobson |first1=Bernard |title=The West Riding of Yorkshire |date=1921 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |page=85|oclc=1140685686}} From 1974 until 1996, the area was administered as part of Humberside's County Council area.{{cite news |editor-last1=Owen |editor-first1=Geoffrey |editor-link=Geoffrey Owen|title=Building and Civil Engineering: UK Contracts – A. Monk & Company |work=The Financial Times |date=1 November 1982 |page=12|issn=0307-1766}}{{cite news |last1=Reekie |first1=Peter |title=Boom time on region's south bank |work=The Times |issue=59756 |date=15 July 1976 |page=21|issn=0140-0460}}

The modern-day port has the A161 link road running through it, which crosses the canal on a swing bridge built in 1899,{{cite book |last1=Fisher |first1=Stuart |title=Canals of Britain : the comprehensive guide |date=2017 |publisher=Bloomsbury |location=London |isbn=978-1-4729-2972-3 |page=283 |edition=3}} and over the Dutch River on a swing bridge also.{{sfn|Rennison|1996|p=167}} The A161 connects to the M62 motorway on the west side of Goole.{{cite book |title=East Riding and Northern Lincolnshire |date=2001 |publisher=George Philip |location=London |isbn=9780540081455 |page=149}} Railfreight serves the port in the form of steel exports from Scunthorpe and Rotherham.{{cite magazine|last1=Shannon |first1=Paul |title=Railfreight and the English Seaports |magazine=Rail |date=4 July 2018 |issue=856 |page=65 |publisher=Bauer Media |location=Peterborough |issn=0953-4563}} The port, known to be the largest inland port in Britain, lies some {{convert|50|mi}} from the sea via the Humber Estuary.{{cite news |title=The Port Of Goole |work=The Times |issue=44314 |date=3 July 1926 |page=11|issn=0140-0460}} The present day docks handle trade worth around £800 million each year.{{cite web |title=Associated British Ports {{!}} Goole |url=https://www.abports.co.uk/locations/goole/ |website=www.abports.co.uk |access-date=8 November 2022}}

The port has suffered from its lack of deep-water access, in the face of increasing ship sizes. In 2010, it lost a contract with TransAtlantic UK for a thrice-weekly sailing to Sweden which regularly carried {{convert|400,000|tonne}} per annum. The owners of Goole, ABP, retained the contract, but it was moved to the new {{convert|10|acre|adj=on|0}} terminal at Hull King George Dock. This also involved moving two of the mobile cranes from Aldam Dock to Hull King George Dock by barge, with reputedly only a {{convert|3|m|order=flip|adj=on}} clearance underneath Humber Bridge.{{sfn|Fell|2016|p=115}}

The list below, shows the tonnages either unloaded, loaded, or both unloaded and loaded goods in the Port of Goole. Statistics are given in five year intervals, until 2015, when they are displayed yearly.

Tonnages at the Port of Goole 1890 – 2021{{Internet Archive|id=b29441638|name=[Report 1896] by Hull and Goole (England). Port Health Authority|page=28}}{{sfn|Fell|2016|p=46}}{{sfn|Jackson|1983|p=139}}{{cite web |title=Port and domestic waterborne freight statistics: data tables (PORT) |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1093925/port0101.ods |website=gov.uk |access-date=14 August 2022 |format=ods |date=July 2022 |quote=Scroll down to "All port traffic totals: major and minor – PORT0101: All freight tonnage traffic by port and year (filter by direction)}}{{sfn|Fell|2016|p=47}}{{Internet Archive|id=b29441791|name=[Report 1950] by Hull and Goole (England) Port Health Authority|page=14}}{{Internet Archive|id=b29441845|name=[Report 1955] by Hull and Goole (England) Port Health Authority|page=17}}{{Internet Archive|id=b29441894|name=[Report 1960] by Hull and Goole (England) Port Health Authority|page=16}}

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• 1890 – {{convert|543,313|tonne}}
• 1895 – {{convert|748,363|tonne}}
• 1900 – N/A
• 1905 – {{convert|536,000|tonne}}
• 1910 – {{convert|766,000|tonne}}
• 1915 – {{convert|778,161|tonne}}
• 1920 – {{convert|449,665|tonne}}
• 1925 – {{convert|2,684,570|tonne}}
• 1930 – {{convert|3,258,202|tonne}}
• 1935 – N/A
• 1940 – N/A{{#tag:ref|Trade through the port was curtailed because of the Second World War.{{sfn|Fell|2016|p=47}}|name=Tonnage|group=note}}
• 1945 – {{convert|840,000|tonne}}{{#tag:ref|Trade through the port was curtailed because of the Second World War.{{sfn|Fell|2016|p=47}}|name=Tonnage2|group=note}}
• 1950 – {{convert|1,882,406|tonne}}
• 1955 – {{convert|1,997,255|tonne}}
• 1960 – {{convert|2,429,262|tonne}}
• 1965 – {{convert|2,166,000|tonne}}
• 1970 – {{convert|2,227,000|tonne}}
• 1975 – {{convert|1,775,000|tonne}}
• 1980 – {{convert|1,448,000|tonne}}
• 1985 – {{convert|1,404,000|tonne}}
• 1990 – {{convert|1,739,000|tonne}}
• 1995 – {{convert|2,304,000|tonne}}
• 2000 – {{convert|2,711,000|tonne}}
• 2005 – {{convert|2,623,000|tonne}}
• 2010 – {{convert|1,936,000|tonne}}
• 2015 – {{convert|1,327,000|tonne}}
• 2016 – {{convert|1,379,000|tonne}}
• 2017 – {{convert|1,440,000|tonne}}
• 2018 – {{convert|1,460,000|tonne}}
• 2019 – {{convert|1,242,000|tonne}}
• 2020 – {{convert|1,044,000|tonne}}
• 2021 – {{convert|1,228,000|tonne}}

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A sample of the goods loaded and unloaded from 1964 and 1965 shows that the biggest imports were chemicals and chemical fertilisers, with coal being the biggest export from Goole.{{#tag:ref|In fact, coal exports accounted for 90.25% of exports from Goole ({{convert|1,528,961|tonne}}) in comparison to all other commodities added together ({{convert|165,727|tonne}}).|name=Duckham|group=note}}{{sfn|Duckham|1967|p=208}} Between 1971 and the late 1980s, Goole was an import point for Renault cars. One of the benefits of using Goole for offloading vehicles was its ability to maintain a constant water level, being fed by the Aire and Calder Navigation. This avoided the need for expensive linkspans connecting the shipping vessels with the dockside. However, as mentioned elsewhere, the lack of access for bigger ships killed off this trade.{{sfn|Fell|2016|p=107}} A survey in 1996 detailed that 60% of trade arrived at, or left Goole by road, 35% by water, and only 5% by rail.{{sfn|Porteous|1977|p=210}}

File:'Tom Pudding train' on the canal at Goole 1882 (archive ref DDX882-19) (28537125963).jpg train at Goole 1882]]

Coal was exported through Goole docks from the coalfields of West and South Yorkshire until 1986. The system used was a powered tug with several small coal barges pulled behind, with the coal-carrying barges being known as Tom Puddings. Each barge typically held between {{convert|35|tonne}} and {{convert|40|tonne}} of coal, and the trips were organised with up to 19 barges in the consist.{{cite book |last1=Ford |first1=I |title=Ports into the next century : proceedings of the conference UK ports 2000 organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers and held in Hull on 17–18 October 1990 |date=1991 |publisher=Thomas Telford |location=London |isbn=0-7277-1619-0 |page=126}}{{sfn|Rennison|1996|p=172}} This system had been developed by W. H. Bartholomew in an effort to stop the coal trade being monopolised by the railways, with the first hoist being opened in the late 1860s.{{sfn|BTDB|1976|p=7}} Exports reached in peak in 1953, when over {{convert|2,448,000|tonne}} of coal was exported, accounting for 94% of the tonnage through Goole docks.{{sfn|Porteous|1977|p=205}} In 1976, between {{convert|230,000|tonne}} and {{convert|250,000|tonne}} of coal were exported through the docks via inland water transport on the Tom Pudding barges.{{cite news |last1=Hill |first1=Peter |title=State boards clash over 25pc rise in port's charge for handling coal |work=The Times |issue=59897 |date=30 December 1976 |page=14|issn=0140-0460}}

The coal trade brought in by Tom Pudding barges ceased in 1986.{{cite book |last1=Pratt |first1=Derek |title=Urban waterways : a window on to the waterways of England's towns and cities |date=2012 |publisher=Adlard Coles Nautical |location=London |isbn=978-1408140277 |page=46}}

Coal was also exported by rail, usually from Stanhope dock.{{sfn|Fell|2016|p=77}}

The docks at Goole branched out into handling containers, most usually on short-sea services to other parts of the UK or Northern Europe. Containers were handled at Aldam Dock, and in 1984, £500,000 was spent on a new container facility.{{cite news |last1=Mortished |first1=Carl |title=ABP to spend £65m on ports expansion |work=The Times |issue=65372 |date=14 September 1995 |page=26}}{{cite news |title=Work to be done in the planner's paradise |work=The Times |issue=62118 |page=16|issn=0140-0460}} The peak year for the trans-shipment of containers came in 2001, when over 128,000 TEUs were handled at the dock. Since then, volumes have dropped, a decline attributed to larger ships for the container transport lines, which cannot access the port at Goole.{{sfn|Fell|2016|p=113}}{{sfn|Hunter|Malin|2011|p=55}} A study in 2011, identified that of the Humber Ports (Goole, Grismby, Hull and Immingham), Goole only handled around 15% of the container trade, roughly 67,500 TEUs, although by 2012, it was only handling a 1,000 TEUs on average per year.{{sfn|Hunter|Malin|2011|p=9}}{{sfn|Fell|2016|p=113}}

A liner service using steam ships was established at Goole in 1864 as the Goole Steam Shipping Company. This venture was backed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (successors to the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway who built the first railway into Goole), and the owners of the Aire and Calder Navigation.{{sfn|Porteous|1977|p=181}} In 1905, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, initiated a steamship service between Goole docks and the continent. With the grouping of the railways, between 1923 and 1948, these continued as part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, and then, after 1948, British Railways.{{sfn|BTDB|1976|p=13}} In the 1950s, the steamships carried on being sponsored by the British Transport Commission, but operated by AHL (Associated Humber Lines). These sailings ceased in 1968 in the face of stiff competition from ro-ro ferries from elsewhere on the estuary.{{sfn|Fell|2016|p=94}}

File:Goole Port diagram.svg

The modern day port consists of eight docks and two dry docks. Boats can enter from the north-east via Victoria Lock and Ouse Lock, or via the south-east via Ocean Lock.{{cite web |title=Port of Goole layout |url=https://www.abports.co.uk/media/fxrnpexw/goole-port-plan.pdf |website=abports.co.uk |access-date=24 August 2022}} The port has a complement of 20 berths with a maximum draft of {{convert|5.5|m}}. The length of vessels entering the dock cannot exceed {{convert|100|m}}.{{cite web |title=Goole – Logistics Institute Data Observatory for the Humber |url=https://lido.hull.ac.uk/Ports/Sea/Goole |website=lido.hull.ac.uk |access-date=8 November 2022 |quote=Click on the "Port Characteristics" tab}} The draft is constant and not affected by the tides as water is supplied from the Aire and Calder Canal.{{sfn|Hunter|Malin|2011|p=41}}{{cite web |title=RMS Goole – RMS Ports |url=https://www.rms-humber.co.uk/ports/rms-goole/ |website=rms-humber.co.uk |access-date=8 November 2022}} Because the port was not planned as one system but constructed over a period of several decades, the layout makes ship movement difficult: a ship bound for the West Dock needs to make two ninety-degree turns if it enters through the Ouse Dock, or three if via the Ocean Lock. The acreage and opening dates of each dock are listed below:{{sfn|Fell|2016|p=33}}{{sfn|Marshall|1969|pp=201, 204, 209, 211}}

• Aldam Dock – {{convert|2.5|acre|0}}, 1882
• Barge Dock – {{convert|3.75|acre}}, 20 July 1826
• Ouse Dock – {{convert|5|acre|0}}, 1838
• Railway Dock – {{convert|4.5|acre}}, 1846
• Ship Dock – {{convert|3.5|acre}}, 20 July 1826
• South Dock – {{convert|5.5|acre}}, 1910
• Stanhope Dock – {{convert|3.75|acre}}, 1891
• West Dock – {{convert|7|acre}}, 1912

The total length of quaysides is {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}}.{{sfn|Marshall|1969|p=211}} Additionally, storage space on the dock, both in warehouses and open storage, covers in excess of {{convert|45,000|m2|order=flip}}.{{sfn|Hunter|Malin|2011|pp=41–42}} The port has two dry docks, no. 1 being on the eastern side of the Ouse Dock and no. 2 being on the southern side of the South Dock. It historically had three, but No. 3 dry dock, which lay on the northern side of the Barge Dock, has been infilled and covered with warehousing. A proposed Central Dock, between the West and South Docks and reached from the latter, was never built.{{sfn|Hunter|Malin|2011|p=2}}{{sfn|Marshall|1969|p=212}}

File:Salt and Pepper, Goole - geograph.org.uk - 456237.jpg

Several buildings within the dock estate are listed with Historic England, most because of their association with the transportation of coal.

• Boat Hoist on South Side of South Dock{{NHLE|desc=Boat Hoist on South Side of South Dock|num= 1083214|grade=II*|access-date=26 January 2023}}
• Brick Water Tower.{{NHLE|desc=Brick Water Tower|num=1083219|grade=II|access-date=26 January 2023}} This was built in 1885 to hold {{convert|30,000|impgal}}. The replacement tower, which can hold {{convert|750,000|impgal}}, was built in 1927.{{sfn|Rennison|1996|p=168}} These two adjacent structures are prominent on the skyline, and are known locally as the "Salt and Pepper Pot".{{cite book |last1=Winn |first1=Christopher |title=I never knew that about Yorkshire |date=2010 |publisher=Ebury |location=London |isbn=978-0-09-193313-5 |page=168}}{{cite book |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |authorlink=Nikolaus Pevsner |title=Yorkshire The West Riding |date=2003 |orig-date=1959|publisher=Yale University Press |location=London |isbn=0-300-09662-3 |page=223 |edition=2}}
• Coal Wagon Hoist, Adjoining Railway Approach and Control Boxes - a hoist to transfer coal from railway wagons into ships.{{NHLE|desc= Coal Wagon Hoist, Adjoining Railway Approach and Control Boxes|num= 1160288|grade=II|access-date= 22 August 2022}}
• Dry Dock to South of Ouse Lock{{NHLE|desc= Dry Dock to South of Ouse Lock|num= 1160252|grade=II|access-date=26 January 2023}}
• Hydraulic Accumulator Tower Approximately 20 Metres East of South Dock Basin{{NHLE|desc=Hydraulic Accumulator Tower Approximately 20 Metres East of South Dock Basin|num=1310668|grade=II|access-date=26 January 2023}}
• Victoria Lock and Ouse Lock{{NHLE|desc=Victoria Lock and Ouse Lock|num= 1083212|grade=II|access-date=26 January 2023}}

• Port of Hull
• Redcar Bulk Terminal
• Teesport
• Port of Whitby

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• {{cite book|title=150 years of the Port of Goole|date=1976|publisher=British Transport Docks Board|location=Goole|oclc=642487296|ref={{harvid|BTDB|1976}} }}
• {{cite book |last=Duckham|first=Baron F.|title=The Yorkshire Ouse : the history of a river navigation|date=1967|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbot|oclc=5352125}}
• {{cite journal |last1=East |first1=W. G. |title=The Port of Kingston-upon-Hull during the Industrial Revolution |journal=Economica |date=May 1931 |issue=32 |pages=190–212 |doi=10.2307/2547923 |publisher=The London School of Economics and Political Science |location=London |jstor=2547923 |issn=0013-0427}}
• {{cite book |last1=Fell |first1=Mike G. |title=An illustrated history of the Port of Goole and its railways |date=2016 |publisher=Irwell Press |location=Clophill, Bedfordshire |isbn=978-1-906919-82-5}}
• {{cite web |last1=Hunter|first1=D.|last2=Malin|first2=P.|title=Humber Container Port Development Study |url=https://lido.hull.ac.uk/Uploads/Publications/CF761E563249F341E4B2FB3FC36641B0/Mott_McDonald_-_Humber_Container_Port_Development_Study.pdf |website=lido.hull.ac.uk |publisher=North Lincolnshire Council |access-date=4 May 2023|date=June 2011}}
• {{cite book |last1=Jackson |first1=Gordon |title=The history and archaeology of ports |date=1983 |publisher=World's Work |location=Tadworth |isbn=0437075397}}
• {{cite book |last=Marshall |first=John |title=The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1 |year=1969 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-7153-4352-1 |authorlink=John Marshall (railway historian) }}
• {{cite book |last1=Porteous |first1=J. Douglas |title=Canal ports : the urban achievement of the Canal Age |date=1977 |publisher=Academic Press |location=London |isbn=0125619502}}
• {{cite book |last1=Rennison |first1=R. W. |title=Civil Engineering Heritage Northern England |date=1996 |orig-date=1981 |publisher=Thomas Telford Publishing |location=London |isbn=07277-2518-1 |edition=2}}

• [https://www.abports.co.uk/media/fxrnpexw/goole-port-plan.pdf Plan of the Port]
• [https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ports/423?name=GOOLE&country=United-Kingdom Live traffic feed for Goole Docks]
• [https://www.yfanefa.com/record/7232 Archive film of cargoes being unloaded at the Port of Goole]

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