Stroudwater barge

As for most specialised British canal barge designs, their size was chosen to be the largest that could fit through the locks and bridges of the area in which they worked.

The bow carried a large iron windlass and the stern provided a small living cabin beneath the deck.

[1] As for so many designs, they were replaced by motor vessels after World War 2, as those were cheaper to operate.

During the demolition of the Severn Railway Bridge in the 1960s, the Halfren, a motorised barge of 1913,[6] was used for collecting small pieces of wreckage.

[7] Finis, visible at Arlingham, Severn Bridge, Perseverance, Lavender are also mentioned as wrecks by Fred Rowbotham.