Aquilion - coastal motor barge on Paddington Arm canal
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Aquilion - coastal motor barge on Paddington Arm canal
Image: © David Hawgood Taken: 20 Apr 2015
This barge from Queenborough has a beam of 3.5 metres, draft 1 metre with a V bottom, according to a 2011 advertisement on findafishingboat.com . Thus it is substantially wider than a 2.1 metre narrowboat.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.541143
Longitude
-0.306801