Registration number
2092
Status
Registered
adminnhs
Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Birmingham
Vessel type
Narrowboat - Butty
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Web address
www.canalrivertrust.org.uk
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1935
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Towed
Primary engine type
None
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
7.01 feet
(2.14m)
Depth
3.25 feet
(0.99m)
Length: Overall
71.50 feet
(21.81m)
History
Built in 1935 by W J Yarwood of Northwich, LEO is a Star Class Small Northwich Butty narrowboat. She was built for the Grand Union Canal fleet and was passed to the British Waterways carrying fleet on nationalisation in 1948 and then to the British Waterways maintenance fleet on cessation of commercial carrying.
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