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Registration number
2453
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Wigan
Vessel type
Leeds & Liverpool Longboat
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1934
Hull material
Iron
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
14.00 feet
(4.27m)
Depth
4.00 feet
(1.22m)
Length: Overall
72.00 feet
(21.96m)
History
VIKTORIA is a Leeds and Liverpool canal longboat, a narrow boat of iron plate construction built by W J Yarwood of Northwich in 1934 for H R Ainscough. When trade finished she worked carrying coal to Westwood Power Station in Wigan. Her last role was as a floating drydock. The vessel was one of only a small number of Leeds and Liverpool longboats built and in 2011 was undergoing a full restoration.
Key dates
-
1934
Narrow boat built by W.J. Yarwood of Northwich for H.R. Ainscough
-
1960s?
When trade finished she worked carrying coal to Westwood Power Station in Wigan
-
1990s?
Her last working role was as a floating drydock
-
2011
Undergoing a full restoration
Grants
-
January 2016
A Sustainability Grant of £1000 towards the cost of hull work was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships UK
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