Norton Warehouse with working narrowboats, from across Norton basin
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Norton Warehouse with working narrowboats, from across Norton basin
Image: © Martin Tester Taken: Unknown
Looking across Norton Basin onto the SE end of Norton Warehouse - now the only one surviving of the 4 shown on Image This was the moorings of the Anderton Canal Carrying Company's fleet & 4 of its boats can be seen. Nearest, & moored in the basin, is 'Effingham', built in Northwich in 1959 by Pimblotts, see http://hnbc.org.uk/boats/effingham The furthest of the 3 moored together is 'Mountbatten' built in Northwich in 1960 by Yarwoods, see http://hnbc.org.uk/boats/mountbatten the boat alongside it is probably the butty 'Keppel' - they worked together for the last few trading years. By this time the ACCCo's canal carrying activities had more or less come to an end although I believe boating families may still have been living aboard some of their boats. The Company continued in business as road hauliers.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.324933
Longitude
-2.654396