Ilkeston

Sold to Manchester Ship Canal (Bridgewater Dept) for maintenance use 6/1945, became MB (Mud Boat) No 3.

c1979 - in private ownership
1987 - sold to Nottingham Canal Museum
2000 - sold 2000 to Ellesmere Port Museum

Boat information

Company	Fellows, Morton & Clayton, Manchester Ship Canal Company
Original type	Horse boat
Extant	Yes
Full length	Yes
Hull construction	Iron composite
Other names	Mud Boat No 3
Build date	09/1912
Builder	Braithwaite & Kirk
Registered at	Birmingham
Registration date	04/10/1912
Registration no.	1273
BCN reg date	23/12/1913
BCN reg no.	21961
Gauge date	26/06/1914
Gauge no.	11860
Gauged by	Grand Junction