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Mrs Chapples photograph collection

Description

Series of black and white photographs taken at Bulls Bridge on the Grand Union Canal in the 1940s. The photographs show repairs being done to narrowboats and other work taking place at Bulls Bridge, for example painting. Source of the photographs is Mrs Chapples.

Date

1940s

Reference code

BW192/3/1/13

Extent & medium

17 photographs

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Grand Union Canal Carrying Company butty 'Astraea' at Bulls Bridge repair yard

Grand Union Canal Carrying Company narrowboats moored at Bulls Bridge

Grand Union Canal Carrying Company narrowboats under repair at Bulls Bridge

Grand Union Canal Carrying Company narrowboat being painted

Grand Union Canal Carrying Company narrowboats in Bulls Bridge dry dock

Grand Union Canal Carrying Company motorboat 'Arcas' at Bulls Bridge

Tom Ditton signwriting on a Grand Union Canal Carrying Company butty

Inside a painting workshop at Bulls Bridge

Boat engines being repaired at Bulls Bridge

Painting tarpaulines at Bulls Bridge

Space heater in a store room at Bulls Bridge

Battery storeroom and workshop at Bulls Bridge

People working in a machine shop at Bulls Bridge

Electric welding a boat hull at Bulls Bridge

Man working on a jig saw in a carpenters' shop

Boat having its engine room pumped at Bulls Bridge

Rear doors and cabin interior of a butty boat at Bulls Bridge.

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