9.
THAMES SAILING BARGE "DAWN"
acquired by Passmore Edwards Museum
The "Dawn" is a Thames sailing barge
built at Maldon, Essex, in 1897. She was
built as a "stackie" by Walter Cook and
Arthur Woodard at Bath Wall Yard for Mr.
James Keeble of Cross Road, Maldon, who was
a local straw merchant and barge owner. She
remained in the Keeble family until after
the 1914-1918 War, being used to take cargoes
of straw from Essex into London, often
returning with a cargo of manure. Other
cargoes included flour and timber.
The "Dawn" was sold to Francis and
Gilders Ltd. of Colchester and finished her
working life as a sailing barge carrying
general cargoes. When the traditional timber