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The grain barge CHACELEY moves slowly off her berth in Gloucester Docks. Fully laden with 250 tonnes of wheat destined for Healings Flour Mill at Tewkesbury, this barge, one of the two last remaining cargo carrying vessels on the River Severn, prepares for the final leg of the voyage.


Read an enthralling account of how grain was moved on the River Severn in the 1990s. Simply click on the link below.

THE LAST GRAIN BARGES WORKING ON THE SEVERN.pdf

Click on the link to read how grain was moved on the Severn

The TIRLEY loading grain at Sharpness

CHACELEY in drydock at Gloucester

CHACELEY berthed at Monk Meadow, Gloucester

Photomarine . Sharpness Shipping . Links . Gloucester Shipyard



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