Barmere and Bonchurch at Fiddler's Ferry
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Barmere and Bonchurch at Fiddler's Ferry
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 23 Apr 2013
Two former working boats moored on the Sankey Canal at Fiddler’s Ferry (notice the power station cooling towers in the background). Nearest to the camera is the Barmere, a 1948 Bridgewater Canal barge which was originally used to transport grain from Manchester Docks to the Kelloggs factory in Stretford. It is similar in size and shape to the Mersey "flats" that used the Sankey Canal. Found as a wreck in Stanley Dock, it was saved and restored by the Sankey Canal Restoration Society (SCARS) in 1989. The other vessel is the tug boat Bonchurch, designated TID 174 (Tug, Inshore & Dock). She was built of welded steel in Germany at the close of World War II, and launched at Hessle in October 1945. http://www.scars.org.uk/cuttings/volume5/issue5-11/barmere.html The story of Barmere (SCARS newsletter – Summer 2005) http://www.scars.org.uk/cuttings/volume6/issue6-4/bonchurch.html The story of Bonchurch (SCARS newsletter – summer 2006)
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Image Location
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53.373337
Longitude
-2.662653