Concrete Boat River Moy

concrete boat river moy

The third vessel, the creteboom, lies in a wrecked state in the river moy, co. mayo. the creteboom was a 267-ton steam-powered tug built from ferroconcrete, a concrete reinforced with steel bars). the 38m long vessel was completed in july 1920.. The boats were completed by wear concrete building co in 1919 and worked as tugs in the river wear. cretehawser was damaged during a ww2 bombing raid over sunderland docks about 1942.. One of the more unusual landmarks of the river moy is the lonely hulk of a concrete boat which has lain beached at belleek wood for 30 years. but, in fact, the history of the creteboom goes back much further than that. built of ferro concrete, the creteboom was launched in 1919, too late for the war service which was its original scheduled fate..

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Irish river scene stock photo. image of banks, boat, scene

concrete boat river moy The wrecked 'creteboom', a concrete boat built in 1917 on the bank of the river moy, beleek woods, balina, county mayo, ireland reflection of rosserk abbey in the river moy, county mayo, ireland.. It must have caused a wave of excitement in ballina on that september day in 1937 when the tug towing a concrete ship from liverpool arrived into the moy estuary. for just as the ship crossed the bar at bartra, it was thrown broadside by the high seas against the tug, gouging a leak below the water line, which required it to be towed into the.