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Victoria, was built by Braunston Boats on the Grand Union Canal in 1974. She is
36 feet long, and carries up to 12 passengers, seated in
an open area.
'
Leamington'
is a small traditional narrow boat 30ft long with a diesel engine. There is an enclosed cabin and an open foredeck (with
curtains), a toilet, a sink and a small cooker. Maximun
passengers 12 which is made up off 11 passengers and the driver. It is an ideal day hire boat to try
out driving a narrow boat before a holiday on a canal boat.
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St
Magdalene' was built in 1990. She is a modern steel
vessel with a vee bottom, 45ft long and 8ft wide with
covered accommodation for 40 passengers, a toilet and a
small galley.
Her
name comes from the area to the east of the canal
basin. In the 14th century a chapel to St Magdalene
and a hospice, firstly for lepers and then for general
use, stood on the area where the Bowmore bonded store now
stands. Round this hospice developed the village of
Magdalens and the surrounding lands took the name.
When
the distillery was built on some of these lands in the
19th century, it took the name
St Magdalene producing a malt whisky of that name until it
closed several years ago. The distillery used water from
the canal for cooling purposes. The distillery is now closed and been
converted into housing.
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