Birchills (narrowboat)

Birchills is a historic, ‘Joey’ boat with a small day cabin, built in 1953 by Ernest Thomas of Walsall.

[1][2] Birchills was one of the last wooden day boats made[2] and was used to carry coal to Birchills Power Station[1] and Wolverhampton Power Station.

[2] It is now owned by the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, where it is based and can be seen dockside in the Lord Ward's Canal Arm.

[2] Birchills underwent major restoration in early 2015 following £62,000 worth of donations.

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