It is well written and clear, combining thorough technical analysis with explanations that should make sense to those less familiar with the topics covered.' Peter Rowsome in London Archaeologist 2017 The book shows how industrial archaeology can be presented to a wider audience without any loss of scholarship. '… undoubtedly an attractive and informative book. The Crossrail archive for the Limmo peninsula site is available online. An account of the history of the company places it in the wider context of London’s 19th-century shipbuilding industry. Several important components of the yard were investigated at a Crossrail site on the Limmo peninsula, including engineering workshops, a furnace, a mast house and mould loft building, and a slipway. A pioneer of shipbuilding in iron, the yard’s expertise was also deployed in ground-breaking civil engineering projects using iron structures. Priority Campsite booking is available to all entrants un til 1st April, when it will open to all.The Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company, one of the great private enterprises of the Victorian age, launched some of the most famous warships of the time from its slipways at the mouth of the River Lea. The owner of the traditional craft requiring support must make the application.Ĭancellations - entry fees may be refunded at the committee’s discretion up to the closing date for entries - 1st June - after which no refunds will be given. Support boats of non-traditional construction may be accepted and allocated a mooring subject to availability of space and payment of the boat entry fee. The Committee’s decision on matters of eligibility and suitability for entry will be final.Īll owners of boats entered must pay the appropriate boat entry fee. Owners must be prepared to raft up with similar craft to enable all the vessels to moor safely. Moorings will be allocated according to classification to all entered and accepted boats. Entry into this class is at the sole discretion of the committee and if accepted does not confer rights of entry in succeeding years. To be of special historic or constructional interest, but not otherwise eligible to enter. There will be a ‘Special Interest’ class for boats considered by the committee Entry for all trophies (via the Boat Entry Form) is FREE. Trophies are awarded under several categories and these, together with the judging criteria, are published on the JUDGING page of this website. plywood boats with planked clinker hull, which have attended in the past, may still enter such craft for the Rally PROVIDING ownership of the craft has not changed AND the continuity of entry is not broken. Owners of craft, which qualified under previous eligibility rules (e.g. bulkheads, internal flooring or as the inner skin of a planked deck. Marine plywood is only acceptable in any craft when used internally, e.g. Otherwise, craft built wholly or partly of Ferro Cement, GRP (glass fibre) or plastics and those built of welded steel or having marine plywood hulls are NOT eligible for this Rally. Steam powered craft with hulls of non traditional construction (ie GRP or ply) are most welcome but will only be eligible to compete for the Horsham Cleat, Reade Propeller, and Rosie (illuminated craft) trophies. Vessels built of riveted iron or riveted steel. Wooden boats built by hot or cold moulding techniques.Ĭomposite craft (i.e. The following craft are eligible to enter the Festivalīoats of traditional wooden construction. Please contact Sue Harris at packs will be sent out in late June. The Boat Entry list for the 2023 Trad is now open, until midnight on 1st June.
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