The Congleton Steamboat
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Congleton Steamboat by Jonathan Hutchins as part of the Geograph project.
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The Congleton Steamboat
Image: © Jonathan Hutchins Taken: 20 Jan 2019
As might be expected, there is a story behind the presence of a 60-foot steamboat moored and rotting on the River Dane in Congleton, Cheshire. Briefly, it is a former trawler built in Denmark in 1974, decommissioned in 1994 and found in a Holyhead boatyard by Cheshire businessman Joe Terry who bought it and had it transported to Congleton with the intention of transforming it into a seafood restaurant. The venture was not a success, and while changing hands several times the boat has quietly continued to decay. For a fuller version of the tale see https://ludchurchmyblog.wordpress.com/places-of-interest-in-cheshire/the-congleton-steamboat/
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Image Location
Latitude
53.166448
Longitude
-2.212363