Flood Boat - Berry, NSW
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Tuena
S 34° 46.505 E 150° 41.914
56H E 289397 N 6149485
A flood boat on display at the Berry museum.
Waymark Code: WMTY1N
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 01/21/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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The boat is at the rear of the museum & is kept undercover. It was provided by David Berry (1795 - 1889), an agriculturalist & landowner after whom the town was named. Its purpose was to rescue people living on the northern bank of the Shoalhaven River during times of flood. It is made of wood & still sits on the original hand made horse drawn trolley.

An article published in the Town Crier, a local newspaper, in October 2023 under the heading of The Berry & District Historical Society gave the following information, in part:

Built by John Hawken at Berry's Boatyard near Coolangatta in 1889, the Noah is one of two identical 24 foot (7.3 metre) timber boats, the other being the Shoalhaven.
Is there a tour: Not listed

If boat is a garden what was planted in it: Not listed

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