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Name: EXCAVATOR
Type: Barge
Launched: 25/05/1857
Completed: 1857
Builder: William Marshall
Yard: Mill Dam, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 65.0 x 30.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: None
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1857 Tyne Improvement Commissioners, Newcastle
No later history known
Comments: Specialist barge for carrying 30 tons of stone
Used in the construction of the Tyne Piers


Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 28th February 1857