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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Braunston
Vessel type
Butty
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
No
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1934
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
0
Propulsion
Towed
Primary engine type
None
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
70.00
feet
(21.34
m)
Breadth: Beam
7.00
feet
(2.13
m)
Depth
2.00
feet
(0.61
m)
Air Draft
6.17
feet
(1.88
m)
Tonnage: Gross
0.00
History
ALSAGER is a narrow boat butty of steel riveted construction built in1934 by Yarwoods of Northwich. She was built for the London Midland & Scottish Railway. Used for interchange basin traffic in Birmingham as Rollo LMS No.4, she was sold to British Waterways in 1955 for conversion into a long distance butty. She was later relegated to maintenance work and then sold to private owners.
Key dates
-
1934
Built by Yarwoods of Northwich
-
1955
Sold to British Waterways for conversion to long distance butty, back cabin added
-
2014
After various private owners, vessel is now on the Midlands Canal in commercial use
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