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Ships on the Weaver

 Danish flag

      Carrigrennan above Saltisford Locks       

England

Scottish Saltaire St Kearan entering Dutton Locks in winter Holland

Hondsdrug the first seagoing ship to reach Winsford

Norway

Kalensberg passing through the now abandoned level lock at Sutton Weaver

Acme Salt Union barge loading.

Acton Bridge for the night

Eustace Carie Last sailing ship to navigate the Weaver her hull is buried at the infilled Widness Docks

                                         Decempedes  The oldest ICI barge broken up Widness 1969

The last ship to carry a cargo down the Weaver was  Gardner's  coastal tanker  St Kearan.

Scotland

The last commercial cargo was carried by barge pushed by the Ex BW tug Northwich

                                                                                                  Vale Royal Locks collapse

                                                  HMS Upton Dutton Locks 1969

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