Anvil_1896

I had a look for the gauge plate this weekend, but to no avail! It seems like a bit of a dead end unless I discover it. Thanks for all the comments!

Thanks for this. I'm going down to the boat this weekend so will have a look from it. Where did you get the information about the BCN productions? Sounds like a really interesting source!

Haha thanks magpie patrick! It's good to know either way. Back to the history though, is it fairly common for people to know/be able to find out the history of their boats? I was wondering whether any canal museums might have information worth looking through.

Thanks alan_fincher, I think we've jumped in the deep end a bit by getting this boat. It's definitely useful to know the correct terms. Is it just a horse boat then? What would you call it now?

Thanks all! Yep, it's the one from Apollo Duck - we bought it in September. It's the 1896 one with index number 53599 I'll check out that website for more info, thanks ditchcrawler.

Hi all, I'm brand new to this so hope I'm doing it right. We've just bought a narrowboat that is from 1896, at least thats when the two (hand-roller) iron sterns were put together for it to transport coal around Birmingham somewhere. I'm really keen to get some more information about our boat and learn her 123 year old history! Any suggestions for places/sources of this sort of info? Thanks in advance!