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Registration number
3780
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Narrow Boat
Location
Northwich
Vessel type
Town Class Large Northwich
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1936
Hull material
Steel
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
71.33 feet
(21.74m)
Air Draft
2.58 feet
(0.79m)
Breadth: Beam
7.00 feet
(2.13m)
History
SALTAIRE was built in 1936 by Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd of Northwich, Cheshire, for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company Ltd, first registered in Rickmansworth. Paired with the wooden butty SALTLEY, she carried cargo between London, Birmingham and the East Midlands throughout the Second World War and up to 1948, when the Grand Union Canal Carrying Co fleet was nationalised, and transferred to British Waterways for maintenance use.
In 1987, SALTAIRE was sold by British Waterways and was restored by M Harrison to her current condition, installing a new engine and converting the day cabin to a traditional back cabin. The boat has an unconverted and sheeted original hold for carrying made from steel. The hold has the original omega pattern knees and the main internal carrying hold has hull sides which retain their upper areas in original riveted iron plate, together with original H.D rolled iron gunwales.
Key dates
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1936
Built by Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, in Northwich, Cheshire, for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company Ltd
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1948
After nationalisation, transferred to the British Waterways fleet for maintenance use
-
1987
Sold by British Waterways and restored to current condition by M Harrison
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