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One of the final cargos to be carried on the canal, Alan Olivers' Barge, Thomas Porter unloading at Tinsley Wire Ltd., Sheffield and SYK Navigation

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One of the final cargos to be carried on the canal, Alan Olivers' Barge, Thomas Porter unloading at Tinsley Wire Ltd., Sheffield and SYK Navigation
Sheffield_Tinsley
15/07/1980
1980-1999
Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
Sheffield Newspapers Ltd

Information with the photograph. The barge is Alan Olivers', Thomas Porter. It is unloading one of the final cargos to be carried on the Canal. The Coils were produced by Allied Steel and Wire, Scunthorpe (previously part of B.S.C. Scunthorpe). It was a test load to assess the viability of transporting loads by barge.

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