RobWmn 1213636521|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
When the major work on the canal was taking place beside the bridge at Viewforth, back in 2004, an old barge was discovered. There's a press article about the find here. Does anyone know more about the final theories about this barge, and about whether it was eventually broken up?
geetam 1214570860|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
AFAIK it is still there. I think it was not moved, but covered up again to preserve it after the archaeologists did their work.
RobWmn 1230115430|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I received this message through the private message system and thought others might be interested…
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Hi there!
I'm …, and I live near the Edinburgh Union Canal. I was emailing an American friend of mine about the boat they found in the canal in 2004 (I think). I came across this page, and you wondering about the boat. Well, bad news about the boat, unlike what the other guy said "it is still there", well, it's not.
The boat was destroyed, I seen it happening, they had 4 skips, and using chainsaws to take the boat apart. Not a good thing to see! They done this because it was simply too big! There weren't any museums that could hold such a large thing, and it was a danger to boats in the area if they had kept it in the canal. It was also in the way of the housing development that is now there.
Well, sorry you had to hear like this!
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Thanks for the message. I have had a separate and independent confirmation of this too. Personally I'm sorry it wasn't put on the bank as an object of interest.
