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The Norfolk wherry is a black-sailed trader, type of boat on the Norfolk Broads and Suffolk Broads, now part of The Broads National Park, in Norfolk, England. It is double-ended with the mast steeped well forward, painted black with a single gaff sail. Mostly clinker-built, it would carry around 25 tons of goods. Lobster boat A boat is a watercraft, usually smaller than most ships. ... The Norfolk Broads are the northern part of The Broads National Park. ... The Suffolk Broads are the southern part of The Broads National Park, the northern part being the Norfolk Broads. ... Yachts on the Norfolk Broads The Broads are a network of rivers and of lakes (Broads) in Norfolk and Suffolk. ... For alternative meanings see: Norfolk (disambiguation) Norfolk (pronounced NOR-fk) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ...

Wherries were able to reach larger boats just off coast and take their cargoes off to be transported inland through the broads and the rivers.

Before wherries, there was the Norfolk Keel, a square rigged, transom sterned clinker-built boat, 54 feet by 14 feet, and able to carry 30 tons of goods. The keel had been built since the Middle Ages and the design probably went back to the Viking invasion. After 1800, the Norfolk Keel (or 'keel wherry') disappeared, partly because a wherry could be sailed with fewer crew, and it had limited manoeuvrability and lacked speed. A wherry (meaning boat) is a boat used for carrying cargo on rivers and canals in England. ...

Wherries came in different sizes, according to the river they used. The North Walsham & Dilham Canal Wherry was max. 50' x 12' x 3'6". The River Ant Wherry was 50' x 12' max. The River Bure Wherry was 54'x 12' 8", but for the Aylsham Navigation, i.e. the upper reaches of the Bure, the boats had to be 12' 6" x 3'6" maximum. The Murray River in Australia. ... The North Walsham & Dilham Canal is the only canal in the English county of Norfolk. ... The River Ant is a river on the Norfolk Broads in The Broads National Park in Norfolk, England. ... The River Bure (pronounced burr) is a river in the county of Norfolk, England, most of it in The Broads National Park. ... Aylsham is a historic market town on the River Bure in North Norfolk, England. ...

On the southern Broads, steam wherries were used. The River Waveney Wherry was 70' x 16' max. The Waveney is a river which forms the border between Suffolk and Norfolk, England, within The Broads National Park. ...

The mast is pivoted with a large counterbalance weight at the bottom. This enables the wherry to lower the mast for passing under bridges. The mast can be dropped, the wherry contune forward under momentum and the mast raised again on the far side by the crew of two. If there is no wind, or for manoevring quant poles are used to push the wherry.

A special wherry wheelbarrow was used to unload cargo, e.g. stone, from the wherries. It was made from wood and strengthened with iron bands. It had no legs, therefore it could be rested on the 11 inches wide planks on the side of the wherry. A common wheelbarrow A wheelbarrow is a small one or two-wheeled cart designed to be pushed by a single person using two handles to the rear. ...

The wherries were displaced over time the arrival of rail, which could take cargoes directly from ships at Great Yarmouth to Norwich. The last trading wherry, Ella was built in 1912. After the end of the trading wherry was seen a number of wherry yachts were built, but these large vessels also became uneconomic to run. There are other places named Yarmouth. ... Norwich (pronounced variously Norritch or Norridge) is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England, and the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. ...

A number of wherries and wherry yachts have been restored and can be seen sailing up and down the rivers and broads.

In addition the pleasure wherry, Ardea may still be in existence. This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...

Images of wherries can be seen on many pub signs and village signs. There is also a mosaic of a wherry at North Walsham, part of a special monument commemorating the Millennium celebrations. Village signs are a custom involving It is practised in Norfolk, England and, to a lesser degree, in the neighbouring county of Suffolk and a few other counties. ... Mosaic is a medium of art that may embody the most meaningful iconography in a cultures most important settings, as in the cathedral of Monreale (below), or it may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration. ... Map sources for North Walsham at grid reference TG2830 North Walsham is a market town in Norfolk, England, south of Cromer and north of Wroxham. ...

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