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Welded all steel butty boat 71’6” x 7’0”

Built EC Jones & Son (Brentford) Ltd

11/1961 Delivered to British Transport Waterways, SE Division Carrying Fleet

5/12/1961 Registered Rickmansworth No 224

1/1/1962 Transferred to British Waterways Board

Mid 1960s Used at Sutton Stop as houseboat for former boatmen

9/1966 Transferred to maintenance fleet, Tardebigge

c1974-78 Sold to private ownership

No further details until:

By 1999 Motorised, with wheelhouse over steering position, and fitted with half length cabin conversion, front half of hold converted to living accommodation under original blue tops

2017 Wheelhouse removed

2019 Restored to original appearance but still with modified stern

2022 Stern restored to original butty condition

 

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