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Keel, Dorothy Pax (awaiting restoration) moored near Effingham Street Gasworks, South Yorkshire Navigation Canal

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Keel, Dorothy Pax (awaiting restoration) moored near Effingham Street Gasworks, South Yorkshire Navigation Canal
Sheffield_Nunnery
1980-1999
Mr. Peter Marshall
Mr. Peter Marshall

Dorothy Pax, built 1913 at Mexborough the last remaining timber-built keel left on the canal. Used to carry coal and iron ore into Sheffield. Rescued from the bottom of the canal in 1964 and a charity trust was set up, (the Dorothy Pax Trust) years of bureaucratic wrangling has prevented its restoration. See Newspaper Cuttings File for more information.

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