Imperial Chemical Industries, ICI Cuddington boat, built 1948 by Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich

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Of a type generically known as Weaver packet, CUDDINGTON was built of steel in 1948 by W. J. Yarwood & Sons, Northwich, Cheshire, for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). She was named after a village near Northwich and carried chemicals, such as soda ash, from the ICI works at Winnington, near Northwich, down the rivers Weaver and Mersey to Liverpool. She carried on working until the 1970s and, in 1979, went to the Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port, where she is still on display. Source: Paul Brown, Historic Ships The Survivors (Amberley, 2010),

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Size: 5472px × 3648px
Location: National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
Photo credit: © Tony Smith / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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