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  • 14 October 2012 at 22:12 #8401
    Andy Hustler
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      14 October 2012 at 22:12 #37036
      Andy Hustler
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        Having recently worked in Glouscester i had as chance to have a look at the British Waterways Museum as was greatly dissapointed to see one old boat in a very bad state of disrepair but i was also supprised to see a concrete hull very unusal construction . Whilst working in Sainsburys in Gloscester quays i managed to see several narow boats .

        15 October 2012 at 09:42 #37039
        Tony Burton
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          Hi Andy

          I have also seen the concrete hulls at Glouscester and they appear to have been cast in a mould. There are still hulls made of concrete but they are made by first fabricating a frame of chicken type wire netting and then sprayed with a wet concrete mixture. Where I live near the river Trent a Catamaran was built using this method. A few years ago a huge concrete Jetty was built up on Tynside and floated down to Immingham as a new ship berth.

          Tony

          16 October 2012 at 07:47 #37052
          ashley needham
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            There are, or at least were, several conrete barges in London on `t Thames. Certainly very recently. Ashley

            16 October 2012 at 10:32 #37056
            Colin Bishop
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              Concrete yachts were not uncommon before the introduction of GRP. They were reinforced with a sort of chicken wire I think and were pretty tough. Insurers didn't like them much though as most were amateur built and it was impossible to see how well they had been built from the outside.

              And of course they needed pebble dashing occasionally…laugh

              Colin

              16 October 2012 at 12:46 #37059
              Paul T
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                The use of concrete to make barges and floating docks had its brief moment of fame during the Normandy landings. Some of the barges are still in the Manchester Ship Canal near the M6 viaduct.

                Paul

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