Bertha (drag boat)
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bertha-drag-boat-279-3345042
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Bertha (drag boat)
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Bertha is a steam-powered boat built in 1844 to remove silt from the Port of Bridgwater in Somerset, England. It is the oldest operational steam vessel in Britain, and possibly in the world. It is part of the National Historic Fleet. The boat was built, of riveted iron, in Bristol by Lunnel, G & Co copying a design, by John McLean, developed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to deal with silt in the Floating Harbour. It is a bed leveler or plough dredger, with a large metal blade, which could be lowere
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_(drag_boat)
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2023-04-21T20:19:17Z
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