South Dock Basins
South Dock Basins is on the Aire and Calder Navigation (Main Line - Goole to Castleford) near to Plymouth.
Early plans of what would become the Aire and Calder Navigation (Main Line - Goole to Castleford) were drawn up by Thomas Telford in 1782 but problems with Chelmsford Locks caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1888. Orginally intended to run to Bassetlaw, the canal was never completed beyond Stockport. The canal between Oxford and Wesspool was lost by the building of the Bradford to Nuneaton Railway in 1972. "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Edward Wright describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Erewash Inclined plane.

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes).
| Ouse - Aire and Calder Junction | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Ocean Lock No 13 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| North Docks | 2½ furlongs | |
| South Dock Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| South Dock Basins | ||
| Goole Marina | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Viking Marina | 3 furlongs | |
| Dutch Riverside | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Dutch Riverside Aqueduct | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Dutch Narrows | 5½ furlongs | |
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![An empty Tom Pudding compartment boat at the hoist. Designed to pass under the hoist and [when full of coal] be lifted up and tipped over, so that the coal dropped into waiting ships. Seen from the tug Wheldale, which once pulled chains of Tom Puddings along the Aire & Calder canal. by Christine Johnstone – 30 September 2015](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/69/53/4695343_032cc497_120x120.jpg)







![Boat Hoist Detail, Goole South Dock. A closer look at [[[5459060]]]. A disused but preserved boat hoist at South Dock. The hoist dates from ca1862 and was used to lift canal barge compartments and tip their cargo of coal into seagoing vessels. The compartment boats were popularly known as Tom Puddings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Pudding , hence the familiar local name for the structure is a](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/45/90/5459059_66767f75_120x120.jpg)


![William Bartholomew's No 5 Boat Hoist. A crucial part of the 'railway on the water' where Tom Puddings [floating tubs full of coal] were lifted and turned over, the coal dropping into a coaster. The red light has been relocated here from the Trent. by Christine Johnstone – 03 September 2011](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/58/64/2586478_9478c2b2_120x120.jpg)






![Lighthouse and Hydraulic Accumulator Tower, Goole Docks. Two interesting features on the side of South Dock Basin as the Aire and Calder Navigation reaches Goole Docks.The tall white structure is a disused and derelict, mid to late nineteenth century hydraulic accumulator tower built for the Aire and Calder Navigation. Standing about 15 metres tall, its interior contains the original hydraulic machinery and iron ladder. A weighted ram compressed water in the cylindrical tank occupying the lower half of the tower, and provided hydraulic power for the boat hoist and other machinery in the nearby South Dock. The accumulator tower is a Grade II listed building (List entry Number: 1310668 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1310668 Historic England).The small, red “mini-lighthouse†looks appropriate for this site here but is not native to Goole. It has been relocated to here having been originally situated at Trent Falls where the Rivers Trent and Ouse meet. Dr Neil Clifton’s photo [[[374704]]] shows it in its original position in 1974. The exact date of the light's removal is not known, although it was definitely removed before 2003 and its replacement light does appear to be much older than that (http://www.worldwidelighthouses.com/Lighthouses/English-Lighthouses/Privately-Owned/Trent-Falls Worldwide Lighthouses). Today, the Trent Falls lighthouse, sometimes referred to as the Apex Light, is preserved at Goole; the wooden platform on which it stood is still in its original position at Trent Falls and hosts a more modern post-light atop it. by David Dixon – 05 July 2017](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/45/90/5459029_68bca328_120x120.jpg)





![Lighthouse in Goole Docks. Originally situated at Trent Falls where the Rivers Trent and Ouse met. The lighthouse is near the last remaining boat hoist and is used by Goole Model Boat Club, whose sailing pond is in the foreground.The lighthouse can be seen in situ thanks to Dr Neil Clifton's archive photo [[374704]] by Steve Fareham – 23 August 2008](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/photos/93/39/933909_159a1c34_120x120.jpg)

![South Dock, Goole. Looking towards the grain terminal and the [[456250]] from the side of the Dutch River by Paul Harrop – 28 March 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/77/69/1776957_11231256_120x120.jpg)

