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glo[16] - iron / steel boat

glo[16] - iron / steel boat
Seen at the Waterways Museum in Gloucester Docks. This steel / iron hull was an ice-breaker barge from the Sharpness canal - the shape of the bows and girder/rail re-inforcement as well as that of the hull allows it to ride up onto the ice and the weight crushes the ice and so breaks it up. It is resting on the torpedo flat waggon.

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 StoneRoad2013
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Looking at this today [5Oct2024] I am reminded that a friend owns a narrow boat with the same hull shape ... also an icebreaker, but on freshwater canals.
12 months ago.

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