National Waterways Museum
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The National Waterways Museum at Gloucester is housed in a Victorian warehouse at Gloucester Docks, in the city of Gloucester in South West England. The museum is operated by British Waterways, and is concerned with Britain's navigable inland waterways, including rivers and canals. It is an Anchor Point of ERIH, The European Route of Industrial Heritage.
It has a collection of boats including narrowboats, river barges, canal and river tugs, and a steam powered dredger. There is also a steam crane and heavy oil engine in the setting of a canal repair yard, complete with working machine shop, forge and weighbridge. The museum uses modern interactive techniques and hands on exhibits.
[edit] See also
- National Maritime Museum – England's national museum of ocean going transport, which is at Greenwich in London.
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