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Industrial Archaeology

Compilation 25c: SND No4 Steam Dredger
Inland Waterway video

Compilations 25a and 25b together. The Sharpness New Docks No.4 dredger is now owned and operated by the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester. This tape shows No.4 dredging mud from Gloucester Docks basin and filling a mud boat for the first time in many years. Detailed shots of the operation, including the Dutch DeKlop inverted vertical compound steam engine provide views usually inaccessible to members of the public.

On the night of the 14th of June 1990, No.4 sank at her moorings. The rest of this tape follows the complex salvage operation which eventually succeeded in recovering the dredger. Produced with support from the National Waterways Museum at Gloucester. NGR (162) SO 827 182 Recorded 1990 This tape has no commentary. Total running Time: 101 mins. £ 14.10

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