That’s the remains of the Sailing Barge Westhall of Rochester Off. No. 127259 built by the London and Rochester Barge Co. for their own use in 1913. Converted into a motor barge in 1948 and finished trading in 1965. Laying for some years as a houseboat at Gillingham, Kent. Westhall arrived on the Deben around 1975 and was described to me “limping up the river” about a year or so later Westhall became tidal and was burnt leaving just the bottom.
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- 181847813_3935768286459753_3602186270829270716_n: Westall See FB post