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Registration number
352
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Stourbridge
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Harris Brothers, Netherton
Built in
1948
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
7.00 feet
(2.14m)
Depth
2.50 feet
(0.76m)
Length: Overall
70.00 feet
(21.35m)
History
Built in 1948 by Harris Brothers, Netherton for Stewarts & Lloyds of Halesowen, the BLACK COUNTRYMAN is a barge narrowboat. Originally unpowered, she now has a 32 bhp Lister diesel engine. She is believed to be the last full length boat made from riveted plate in the Black Country. After service as a maintenance craft for British Waterways she was converted for passenger use at the Stoke-on-Trent National Garden Festival. She was sold in 1991 and restored. Carrying 55 passengers, she is now based at Stourbridge from where she operates public cruises to Stourton and Kinver.
Sources
Geoffrey Hamer, Trip Out 1995/6 - A Guide to the Passenger Boat Services of the British Isles (1995) pub: G P Hamer
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