Burbage Wharf Kennet and Avon Canal
The Burbage Wharf Crane is a timber fixed jib slewing crane built in 1831 to handle the unloading and loading of cargo at Burbage Wharf on the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal south of Marlborough The Burbage Crane restoration project is a joint undertaking between the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust, Claverton branch, The Inland Waterways Association. and Crown Estates. It is planned to dismantle the existing crane, salvage what is still usable and remove to the Claverton Pumping Station Site to restore and rebuild. Once restoration is complete it will be dismantled again and rebuilt back on the Burbage Wharf site.
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Location: Claverton Wiltshire England UK
Photo credit: © Neil Setchfield / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: avon, burbage, canal, claverton, crane, england, kennet, restoration, uk, wharf, wiltshire
