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History
BUCKDEN is a narrowboat, built by Harland & Wolff Ltd. at North Woolwich, for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company Ltd (GUCCC). She carried cargo for the GUCCC until 1948 and then, after nationalisation that same year, she was transferred into the British Waterways Fleet until 1963.
She briefly became a houseboat but was subsequently restored for carrying again in the mid-1970s, carrying occasionally for present owners since 1996.
BUCKDEN often tows the historic flyboat SATURN.
The vessel has undergone periodic partial re-plating and is riveted where visible. Her cabin and engine room was re-built to the original 1936 construction and detail, but painted in current owners' 1970s livery. Her engine installation is original, with an electric start added.
Key dates
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1936
Built by Harland & Wolff, Woolwich
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