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Ellesmere Port Boat Museum

35mm Archive Photographs taken at the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - which is today the National Waterways Museum - Ellesmere Port.
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  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    CAN0106

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    An ice breaker

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Narrow boats

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Narrowboat displayed inside the museum

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Wigan Coal Company barge

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    The Upper Basin

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Interpretation panel from the 1990s

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Narrow boat cabin interior

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Narrow boat cabin interior

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - May 19, 1994

    Mechanism of a hydraulic capstan used for moving boats and railway wagons.

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Preserved steam tug KERNE alongside the decaying Manchester Ship Canal Company steam tug tender DANIEL ADAMSON. Happily the DANIEL ADAMSON was restored to operational condition between 2004 and 2016.

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Manchester Ship Canal Company crane barge MSC PELICAN.

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Mersey Flat MOSSDALE which was allowed to deteriorate into deplorable condition despite having been previously restored as can be seen here. This vessel is listed as a National Historic Ship.

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    The :Lower Basin at Ellesmere Port Boat Museum. Among the vessels to be seen are the steam tug KERNE and also the laid up Manchester Ship Canal tug-tender DANIEL ADAMSON which was allowed to decay into a dreadful state. Fortunately she was rescued in 2004 by the Daniel Adamson Preservation Society to be returned to operational preservation in October 2016.

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    The Narrow and Broad Locks which provide a link between the Lower Basin and the Upper Basin on the Shropshire Union Canal at Ellesmere Port.

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Narrow boats in the upper Basin

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    The upper basin and bridge which provides a link to the island warehouse.

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    A Narrow boat running up in the narrow lock which provides a link between the Lower Basin and the Upper Basin at Ellesmere Port on the Shropshire Union Canal.

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Gogoozlers watch a Narrow boat entering the narrow lock which provides a link between the Lower Basin and the Upper Basin at Ellesmere Port on the Shropshire Union Canal.

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Narrow boat in the narrow lock which provides a link between the Lower Basin and the Upper Basin at Ellesmere Port on the Shropshire Union Canal.

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Narrow boat passing The Shropshire Union Canal Island Warehouse.

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1997

    The Shropshire Union Canal Island Warehouse

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1998

    Ellesmere Port Boat Museum - March 1998

    Steam tug KERNE,, Weaver Packet CUDDINGTON and DANIEL ADAMSON seen on the lower basin at the Boat Museum in March 1998.

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