Registration number 2092
Status Registered
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Details

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

Construction

Builder Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in 1935
Hull material Steel
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Towed
Primary engine type None
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
7.01 feet (2.14m)
Depth
3.25 feet (0.99m)
Length: Overall
71.50 feet (21.81m)

History

Built in 1935 by W J Yarwood of Northwich, LEO is a Star Class Small Northwich Butty narrowboat. She was built for the Grand Union Canal fleet and was passed to the British Waterways carrying fleet on nationalisation in 1948 and then to the British Waterways maintenance fleet on cessation of commercial carrying.

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