Registration number 3527
Status Registered
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midships
Bow
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Previous names

  • Dolly
  • Soho

Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Narrow Boat
Location Braunston
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Bantock, Thomas & Co, Wolverhampton
Built in 1908
Hull material Iron
Rig None
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
36.00 feet (10.97m)
Breadth: Beam
6.00 feet (1.83m)
Depth
2.00 feet (0.61m)

History

LIZ, a narrow boat  registered as BCN 20624 was gauged at Tipton on 24 June 1908 for owner J. Marsh of Dudley, an open iron joey boat named Dolly. Subsequent owner Willingsworth & Co of Wednesbury and renamed Soho. Later sold to Great Western Railway, when she was shortened to 36ft, had a motor stern and a cabin fitted to work as part of the maintenance fleet.

Key dates

  • 1908

    Built by Bantock of Tipton

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