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ALPERTON is a narrow boat butty built by Harland & Woolf Ltd. at Woolwich and delivered to the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company Ltd. Her hull is made of riveted steel with a wooden cabin, and she has a pointed bow with a plumb curved stem and a pointed stern. She was registered at Coventry as number 544 and was fleet number 207 and gauging number 12573.
ALPERTON was one of twenty-four similar vessels known as the Town or Woolwich class. Together with her motor DARLEY, she carried cargoes from Birmingham to London until 1948 when British Waterways took over. By the 1950s, she lay disused in the Wendover arm of the canal until the Union Canal Company bought her for carrying and use on camping holidays. The wooden cabin was restored in 1972. The present owner purchased the vessel in 1980.
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Key dates
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1936
Built by Harland & Wolff at Woolwich
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1936/1950s
Worked for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Co.
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1980
Bought by current Owner
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