Cargo ships have been sailing down the River Nene and into the inland Port of Wisbech for centuries
Visitors to East Anglia are often told to look out for the "Ship of the Fens".But people were reminded this week that actual ships really do sail through the fenlands of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire when a cargo vessel got wedged in a river.Ships of the Fens: Sailing vessels line up on the River Nene at Wisbech in 1856
"Located on the River Nene, Wisbech Port and Yacht Harbour is Cambridgeshire's only gateway to the sea," the council explains on its website.The council describes Wisbech as a "busy commercial shipping port" and says vessels up to 83m and 13m wide are "welcome".explains how the Fens were traditionally flat wetlands with islands of higher land. For that reason, Ely is sometimes known as The Isle of Ely.
"All this prosperity led to the magnificent Georgian architecture of the buildings along the Brinks, with North and South Brink deemed two of the finest Georgian streets in England."A ship unloads cargo at Wisbech in the 1960s
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