DandV Posted April 14 Author Report Share Posted April 14 27 minutes ago, fanshaft said: In view of the law mentioned by Mac (of which I was unaware) presumably the enclosed arrangement per Claytons and their larger brethren counted as tanks. It didn't stop Mattys from running with phosphorous waste in open holds! The Severn tankers were operated by a variety of companies but the best known were Harkers and Bowker and King. In shipping, any enclosed space, regardless of shape, dedicated for the storage of liquids was designated as a tank. So big oil tankers had both fore and aft, and transverse bulkheads to divide the below deck space into a number of tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pluto Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 An interesting article on the BP tanker barges operating on the Danube: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Tanker_Company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 17 hours ago, agg221 said: You could model Trent 5? Ah, but Trent 5 wasn't rivetted you see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 2 hours ago, zenataomm said: Ah, but Trent 5 wasn't rivetted you see? Sandpaper. the opposite of welded washers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 2 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: Sandpaper. the opposite of welded washers If you sandpapered all the rivet heads off, the model would fall to bits! Obviously... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 1 minute ago, MtB said: If you sandpapered all the rivet heads off, the model would fall to bits! Obviously... Bugger, I didn't consider that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanshaft Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 7 hours ago, DandV said: In shipping, any enclosed space, regardless of shape, dedicated for the storage of liquids was designated as a tank. So big oil tankers had both fore and aft, and transverse bulkheads to divide the below deck space into a number of tanks. Thanks - that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Great photo Ian. I don't think I have ever seen one that shows the actual tanks until now. I assume they may have been travelling empty in this photo - they look too high out of the water to be carrying a meaningful load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pluto Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Yeoford and Pictor descending Wolverhampton locks in 1970. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenpen Posted 11 hours ago Report Share Posted 11 hours ago The gates of Midland Tar Distillery in Banbury are still there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Brightley Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 8 hours ago, Greenpen said: The gates of Midland Tar Distillery in Banbury are still there. Where's this, just out of curiosity ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenpen Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Turn off Bridge Street into Station Approach Road and there is a car park on your right. Just past the entrance to the car park there is an unnamed road between the car park and a brick building. Go down that road to the end, about 70m to the end and the two gates are on your left. There are some chalet type houses in the yard behind the gates. I will take a snap next time I am in town. Walk down the canal towpath from the car park and you come to a bridgehole with no bridge! Just before that narrowing you’ll see tar on the coping stones which is where the tar boats were pumped out. A spill left in time …… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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