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FCB 67 is one of thirty nine such vessels built during World War II. These concrete barges were the test beds for the Mulberry Harbour temporary and portable harbour system for the D Day landings. FCB 67 was beached at Purton as part of the River Severn Gloucester and Sharpness canal foreshore strengthening scheme which commenced in 1909. FCB 67 was one of the prefabricated concrete vessels built to aid inland waterway freight during the war years to release wood and metal vessels for military use.
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