Dredger and barge on the Kennet & Avon Canal. 3rd August 2008.

Dutch-built steam dredger "SND No. 4" at work on the Severn in the late 1970s.

"SND No. 4" as preserved at the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester. 30th June 2004.

Interior cabin view of the dredger.

Engine detail on the dredger.

Engine detail on the dredger.

Work underway on the dredger's boiler.

Detail of the buckets on the dredger.

Dredger "Thomas Fletcher" and mud lighter 25 engaged in dredging operations in Gloucester Docks. 16th April 1991.

"Thomas Fletcher" and a mud lighter moored in Gloucester Docks in about 1997. "Thomes Fletcher" e ntered service in 1981 as a replacement for "SND No 4". The vessel has since been sold by British Waterways.

"Thomas Fletcher" laid up at Purton on 6th April 2006.

"Thomas Fletcher" in the process of being scrapped at Sharpness on 20th July 2008.

Dutch water jet dredger "Roerdomp" at work in the main basin, Gloucester Docks. 12th November 2003.

"Roerdomp" at Gloucester Docks. 12th November 2003.

"Roerdomp" in the Tidal Basin at Sharpness. 23rd July 2008.

British Waterways dredger "BD1" on the Trent. 12th July 2006.

Dredging discharge vessel on the Trent. 12th July 2006.

British Waterways dredger "Nottingham" at Keadby on 29th July 2006.

Bucket dredger no. 8 on the River Trent near Holmpierpoint Lock. 10th July 2006.

Bucket dredger with collapsable tower on the Stainforth & Keadby Navigation.

Floating suction plant at Purton on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal. It was used for pumping dredgings from mud hoppers on the canal into the Severn. 6th April 2006.

Inside the suction plant at Purton. 20th July 2008.

Reed cutting operations on the River Nene. 2nd August 2005.