Registration number 2067
Status Registered
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Previous names

  • MB no 3
  • No 6

Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Narrow Boat
Location Ellesmere Port
Vessel type Narrowboat - Horse Drawn
Current use Museum based
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Braithwaite & Kirk, West Bromwich
Built in 1912
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
4.00 feet (1.22m)
Length: Overall
71.60 feet (21.84m)

History

ILKESTON was built for Fellows, Morton and Clayton, but was sold to Manchester Ship Canal Company in 1945 for use as a mud hopper on the Bridgewater Canal. She was purchased by Nottingham Canal Museum in 1987 and transferred to Ellesmere Port in 1999.

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