Chester - 'Betelgeuse' at Taylor's Boatyard (1973) 057608
'Betelgeuse' was built by Harland & Wolff, Woolwich, in 1935 for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company. In 1960 she passed from BW to the Willow Wren Carrying Company and in the 1970s she was working for A Jones and Stroudwater Carriers in the retail coal trade. During the early 1970s she was converted to a trip boatknown as 'The Chester Packet'. Shortly before or in 2002, she was restored to cargo carrying condition, with the replacement of the original elm bottom with a steel one. (7 April 1973)
ROMA ID: 057608E