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Rowhedge history
The Essex earthquake of 22 April 1884 shook a man off his ladder while he was repairing the village’s school clock. Colchester Rowing Club was established in the village in 1896 when the population was about 1,100.
Up to 1918
Rowhedge could boast of its own brewery. Many village inhabitants were involved in fishing for oysters and scallops that came from as far afield as the French, Belgian and Dutch coasts. During the First World War, a bridge was built across the river to enable members of the nearby Colchester garrison to board trains at Wivenhoe.
Inter-war years
Many boats were fabricated in the Upper Yard for contracts in the Sudan. Lifeboats and small oil tankers were constructed and maintained at the two yards. The extraction of sand and gravel near the village began in the 1930s.
Second World War and after
There was no apprenticeship scheme in the yards in the 1950s; new staff were taken-on on an ad-hoc basis. Demand for such building materials increased after the Second World War to repair bomb-damaged buildings, particularly in London. The port was at its busiest in the 1980s, being involved in the miners’ strike and also handling anything from fish-meal to granite.
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