Steve Prendergast
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| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Engineering |
| Occupation | Boat builder |
| Location | Stone, Staffordshire, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | This is a record of the restoration of narrowboat Oakley, a large Northwich of the Town class of the Grand Union Canal Carrying Co. Ltd. built in 1936 by Yarwoods in Northwich. Her fleet number was 159, she was registered at Rickmansworth number 98 and her gauging number was 12631. She originally had a Russel Newbury DM2 engine. She was originally paired with butty Oxted. She was absorbed into the British Waterways fleet in 1948. If you have any information regarding the history of Oakley then please contact me. |
| Interests | Climbing, Historic Narrowboats |