Ellesmere Port Boat Museum. 31/5/09

6th June 2009

While the wife shopped at Cheshire Oaks, I made my first visit to the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum, just up the road. To say I found it interesting is an understatement. I was however a little disconcerted by the number of derelict and deteriorating boats on view and I wonder if perhaps the museum is underfunded. If it is, it's a crying shame and I for one would be sorry to lose some of these valuable historic vessels.

Please pay a visit and help support the museum.

Exterior View of the Museum. Buy Print	Crane. Buy Print	Shad (1) Buy Print	General View, Locks Area (1) Buy Print
Derelict Barges. Buy Print	Derelict Mersey Flat.	Concrete Barge. Apparently these were built in World War II as they saved steel. I'm amazed they floated! Buy Print	MSC. Pelican. The prow of the concrete barge is just visible. Buy Print
Shad (2) Buy Print	MSC Tug - Bantam II. Buy Print	General View, Locks Area (2) Buy Print	Mossdale (1) Buy Print
Cuddington & Basuto. Buy Print	Cygnets. Buy Print	The prow of a sunken vessel (1) Buy Print	Regulus. Upper basin. Buy Print
The prow of a sunken vessel (2) Buy Print	Clyde Puffer Basuto. Buy Print	Mossdale & Regulus. Buy Print	Barge hulk in the lock basin. Buy Print
Riley Elf outside Porters Row. The car was being photographed by a professional photographer so I got in on the act. Buy Print	Gifford - stern view. Buy Print	Gifford.	Gifford - Close-up detail. Buy Print
Barge 58 of Thos. Clayton (Oldbury) Ltd. Buy Print	Bigmere and two narrow boats. Buy Print	Derelict Barge (Aries 14). Buy Print	Derelict Barge & Chimney. Buy Print
Barges awaiting restoration. Buy Print	Mossdale (2) Buy Print	This swallow was flying in and out of a covered area of the Island Warehouse.. Buy Print	Stern Detail of Scorpio. Buy Print
Bigmere & Gifford (1) Buy Print	Mute Swan & Cygnets. Buy Print	Bigmere & Gifford (2) Buy Print	Mute Swans & Cygnets. Aah! Buy Print
Scummer Cans on Saturn (1) Buy Print	Detail of Saturn. The gentleman is Lord Kitchener.	Milepost (donated by a magazine to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the museum). Buy Print	Scummer Cans on Saturn (2) Buy Print
Sunken Launch. Ellesmere Port Basin (1) Buy Print	Sunken Launch. Ellesmere Port Basin (2) Buy Print	The Manchester Ship Canal. A view taken from right outside the museum (1) Buy Print	The Manchester Ship Canal. A view taken from right outside the museum (2) Buy Print
Bigmere. Buy Print	Mersey Flats. Buy Print	Quayside Buildings, Ellesmere Port. Buy Print	An unidentified narrow boat flanked by Gifford and Saturn. Buy Print