Registration number
1874
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Northwich
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1952
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
14.90 feet
(4.54m)
Depth
5.00 feet
(1.53m)
Length: Overall
70.00 feet
(21.35m)
Tonnage: Gross
28.00
History
Motor barge PARFIELD was built by Yarwoods of Northwich in 1952. Her official number was 184854. Her hull is riveted and she has a bluff bow and counter stern. Her engine is an inboard diesel made by Gardner; model L3, with four cylinders and eighty horsepower at 800 rpm. PARFIELD worked for twenty-five years on the Manchester Ship Canal carrying general cargo. Her main freight was taking grain to the Kellogg’s Cornflake Factory on the Bridewater Canal in Trafford Park. She has been sympathetically converted for extensive cruising and is the only remaining barge built by Yarwoods.
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