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Tixall

Status: Steaming

Owner: Neil & Linda Cocksedge

Area: UK-Midlands


Hull

Narrowboat. Construction: Welded steel.
Built 1986 by Stoke-on-Trent Boatbuilding Co. Ltd.
LOA: 56' 0", LWL: 55' 0", Beam: 6' 10", Draft: 2' 6",
Build number 34. Green, tiller steering.

Boiler

VFT Built 2006 by Otmoor Ironworks at Billinghurst
Fuel: Wood briquettes, Pressure: 150 psi, Grate area: 3.2 sqft,
Steel barrel. 51 X 1.5" dia Steel tubes.
condensing, engine driven pump, injector, steam feed pump, whistle,

Engine

Compound. 4 1/2" + 7" X 4"
Built 1986 by Anthony Bever at Swindon
Designed by: A.A. Leak
pv on HP, sv on LP valve. SLRG valve gear.
Power: 25 HP
The first large Leak compound built. Two feed pumps, air pump and cooing water pump driven from crosshead.

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, 23" X 24"
Shaft: 2" steel

History

Built 1986 by Stoke-on-Trent Boatbuilders. Original Lune Valley boiler replaced 2006 by VFT type and converted to wood briquettes from coal. Bought by Neil and Linda Cocksedge in March 2015. Since then Tixall has cruised from Middlewich in the north to Braunston in the south. Home mooring Ashwood Marina, Staffs and Worcs Canal. Engine overhaul by John Maltby winter 2017/8. Extensive refit at Stokeboats 2017 to 2019.


Last Modified: 2021.03.22.


On Shropshire Union Canal 2019

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Moored Etruria 2019