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Registration number
2779
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Shropshire Union Canal
Vessel type
Joey
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Hickman, Alfred, Bilston
Built in
1892
Hull material
Iron
Rig
None
Number of decks
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
70.00 feet
(21.34m)
Breadth: Beam
7.00 feet
(2.13m)
History
RALEIGH was built by Alfred Hickman in 1892 and is believed to have been used to carry for the Raleigh Foundry, hence her name.
It has been suggested that she's the only iron joey boat with such a large proportion of original riveted iron work still in existence. Her plates clearly demonstrate how she was mended and maintained over her working life.
RALEIGH's hull is the original riveted iron and maintains its original riveted iron baseplate, complete with the holes where boxmasts would have been fixed. Her current owners are currently doing some sensitive maintenance to the hull and intend to replace the current rudder with a wooden ellum.
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