Registration number
2488
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Dudley
Vessel type
Narrowboat - Joey
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Hickman, Alfred, Bilston
Built in
1930
Hull material
Iron
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Towed
Primary engine type
None
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
7.00 feet
(2.14m)
Depth
3.66 feet
(1.12m)
Length: Overall
70.00 feet
(21.35m)
History
NO 37 is a narrow boat joey built in 1930 by Alfred Hickman of Bilston. She is a towed boat of iron plate construction. The vessel was gauged at Tipton as BCN 1570 in March 1930 and was used as a British Waterways maintenance boat in the 1970s and 1980s.
Key dates
- 1930 Built by Alfred Hickman (part of Stewarts & Lloyds) of Spring Vale and gauged at Tipton as BCN1570
- 1970/1980 Served as a maintenance boat for British Waterways
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