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Museums MuseumsThe National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port brings Britain's canal history to life The National Waterways Museum Gloucester located in Gloucester Docks The National Waterways Museum Stoke Bruerne not a large museum but packed with interest and close to locks and Blisworth Tunnel Friends of the Canal Museum, Stoke Bruerne were set up in 2006 to support the work of the museum through volunteer effort and fundraising. Friends newsletters: May 2007, August 2007. London Canal Museum at Kings Cross - the only London museum of inland waterways Black Country Living Museum - 26 acres of living history The Yorkshire Waterways Museum celebrates the social and economic history of the canal port of Goole Foxton Inclined Plane Trust is dedicated to the restoration of the Foxton Inclined Plane Boat Lift River and Rowing Museum at Henley on Thames interprets the River Thames from source to sea Tooley's Boatyard at Banbury - an historic working boatyard The Canal Museum, Linlithgow exhibits records, photographs and artefacts associated mainly with the Union Canal The Museum of the Broads uncovers the history of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Sailing Barge Museum re-opened Good Friday 2008 National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium presents a journey on the Mighty Mississippi Bolton Steam Museum restores old steam engines including some from boats Anson Engine Museum - lots of information about engines on this site
Boat SocietiesHistoric Narrow Boat Owners Club encourages the preservation, restoration and use of old narrow boats Wooden Canal Boat Society dedicated to saving, restoring and using old wooden working boats The Narrow Boat Trust a charity for restoring and preserving narrowboats The Horseboating Society promoting and preserving the heritage and skills of horseboating The Shropshire Union Fly-boat Restoration Society working to restore a Shropshire Union Fly-boats James Jackson Grundy Preservation Society working to buy the boat for use as a floating exhibition venue Daniel Adamson Preservation Society working to restore the last surviving steam tug tender Steam Boat Association of Great Britain promotes the enjoyment of steamboats The Humber Keel & Sloop Preservation Society promotes these traditional craft The Norfolk Wherry Trust helps preserve Albion and charters her out to members of the public Thames Sailing Barges - Barge Research presents history of Thames Sailing Barges Norman Boats Appreciation Society for owners and others interested in Norman cruisers Railway and Canal Historical Society for the history of transport - especially railways and waterways The Lakeland Arts Trust has embarked upon an ambitious project to reawaken Windermere’s heritage of Steamboats and Classic lake craft. BoatsSteam narrow boat President is owned by the Black Country Living Museum at Dudley The history of the narrowboat steamer - Richard Thomas's extensive research results NB Fulbourne history and photographs of this historic working boat Narrowboat Raymond was the last wooden butty to be built at Braunston Narrowboat Progress Chris Coburn's amazing journeys in support of canal restoration and development projects www.bream.org/ : A site mainly about FMC Fish Class boats and the author's own boat Bream Narrowboat Roach - a short history Towy: history and more The Packet Boat Duchess-Countess Project to re-create a true replica of the canal packet-boat Five Towns Boatbuilding Roger Fuller's information on historic narrowboats The Severn boats and boating pages motor boat cruising on the River Severn and Bristol Channel etc Leeds and Liverpool Canal's Ice Boats - hot stuff about ice boats The Cutty Sark Conservation Project Visitor Centre Rumpus - a 1976 day hire boat Shellfen is a dutch barge that was converted in the 1930's into a small oil tanker
Boating Associations etcCommercial Boat Operators Association trading on the waterways South Midland Water Transport Limited canal carrying past and present Dutch Barge Association covers UK and Dutch Barges The National Association of Boat Owners promotes the interests of boaters on Britain's canals and rivers The Waterways Trust - promoting greater public enjoyment of our inland waterways British Waterways information and links to other pages The Inland Waterways Association activities, campaigns, items for sale and links to some local branches Inland Waterways Association of Ireland - a voluntary body of waterways enthusiasts Residential Boat Owners' Association exists to act in and to further the interests of boat dwellers in Britain Association of Waterways Cruising Clubs The Association of Inland Navigation Authorities represents the inland navigation authorities of the UK British Marine Federation The association of boatbuilders
Traditional skillsBBC Radio Stoke "On the Cut" recordings (takes ages to load the page) I.A.Recordings Industrial Archaeology Recordings is a voluntary organisation with no paid officers Craftmasters Specialist paints for canal boats Phil Speight Canal boat decorator and sign writer Renaissance Traditional fenders, rope and supplies Tradline Fenders Ropes, fenders, fittings, chains, anchors and webbing David Thomas Boat Builder : Builds the traditional style narrowboats and Dutch-style narrowboats R W Davis Company : A company that has been building boats at Saul Junction since 1887 Bates Boatyard for all things to do with wooden boats Salter's Steamers : A family firm with over a century's experience of boating on the River Thames
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