A quarter of a century ago [c1930] steam yachts and schooners - such as the TAMESIS shown here - were a common sight on the Colne.
From an article in East Anglian magazine February 1956, photographs by Fieldfare, which was a pseudonym for Douglas Went.
TAMESIS was an auxiliary twin screw wooden schooner, built 1875 by C. Hansen & Sons, Cowes, Official No. 71881. Owner Alfred C. Adams. [Lloyds Yacht Register 1935].
Date: c1930