This area is now known locally  as Old Goole and the bridge is now known as the Dutch River bridge, rebuilt in iron in the 1890's, and then again in the early 2000's in steel. New Goole or Goole as it is now known was to rise on the other side of the river with the construction of the port by the 'Aire and Calder Navigation Company' in the 1820's. This was the start of the rapid development of the port.
 

Many different cargos were imported and exported through the port but one of the most important was coal. Mined from the once vast coalfields in Yorkshire, the coal was transported to Goole through the canal network on small linked barges called 'Tom Puddings'. A coal hoist was then used to offload the coal by lifting the whole 'Tom Pudding and emptying it into the hold of a waiting ship. Today the main cargos passing through the port are wood and imported cars. The port handles much container traffic both import and export.
 

 The first building in Goole is reputed to be the Lowther Hotel built in 1824 on Aire Street and  which still stands today. Originally called the Banks Arms Hotel, named after Sir Edward Banks a contractor for the Aire and Calder Navigation company. Another public house on Aire street, The Macintosh,  took its name after Hugh Macintosh, also an engineer of the time.

Many other buildings were constructed in the years that followed including the first post office in Adam street 1831, the Parish church 1843 and the original railway station in Aire street in 1848. The existing railway station was built in the late 1860's, and modernised in the early 2000's, Until this time the town was focused around Aire Street and the docks. With the building of the new railway station came new development. Boothferry road became more established and many houses were built along and off Pasture road.
 

 In 1909 Goole Grammar school was built. Nearby in 1912 Bartholomew Hospital was constructed taking its name from the engineer Charles Bartholomew.