The hulk of a metal vessel at the edge of the group of mud punts at 12679. This is thought to be the remains of a diving bell barge that was used to excavate the Clyde riverbed when the channel was being improved for shipping during the 19th century. The cutout at the stern of the barge housed a diving bell in which workers were lowered to the riverbed to excavate by hand the harder areas of the channel. More detail at https://scharpblog.wordpress.com/2014/10/23/the-newshot-ship-graveyard-part-2-a-very-special-vessel/. Part of the boat graveyard recorded by the Newshot Island ShoreDIG project, and visible in the orthorectified photomosaic at http://scharp.co.uk/shoredig-projects/newshot-ship-graveyard/. May 2018: Evidence of post-abandonment salvage activity noted: hull has been cut down with gas cutter, with molten drips of metal around bow and stem post, removal of hull on port side, and cutting of square plates from stern area adjacent to cut out which housed bell, then left next to hull |
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08/05/2018 | May 2018: Salvage around bow of barge | EllieSCHARP | |
08/05/2018 | May 2018: Stern area of barge | EllieSCHARP | |
08/05/2018 | May 2018: Salvage around stern of barge | EllieSCHARP | |
27/05/2016 | Detail of diving bell barge from aerial survey | training1 | |
27/05/2016 | Bow of diving bell barge | training1 | |
27/05/2016 | Diving bell barge | training1 | |
27/05/2016 | Stern of diving bell barge | training1 | |
27/05/2016 | Detail of cutout at stern for diving bell | training1 | |
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