| The site has been used to hulk vessels following a call by the
Canal Companies Chief Engineer a Mr A. J. Cullis to reinforce the narrow strip
of land between the river and canal following a major rotational slump which
took place to the north of the site in 1909. it is the finest collection of
small wooden ships in the country, with remains of Barges, Trows and Schooners
that were "hulked" to prevent erosion of the Sharpness Canal from the River
Severn. These wooden ships represent the birth of British industry supplying
coal to the blast furnaces of Ironbridge and then transporting finished good
around the world. Some of these Hulks are over 110 years old and are a monument
to those long dead ship builders and a way of life long gone....[read
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