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FCB18
FCB18 is a concrete barge built by Messrs Wates Ltd of Barrow-in-Furness in 1944. The use of concrete for building such vessels enabled a saving of around ⅔ of the amount of steel required for a conventional barge. It is now hidden away in a remote corner of the Boat Museum at Ellesmere Port as certain people consider this important barge to be an eyesore as cement is not sexy enough for their populist ideals.
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Some people are just not interested - however, there are the remains of a tug "Creteblock" at Whitby (Saltwick Nab) and a barge "Cretewheel" at Church Point, Newbiggin by the Sea.
Actually, I find the subject / technology to be fascinating - yachts can also be built from ferrocement ..............
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