Rasing the joey 'Ringo' for the second time !

Black Country Living Museum arranged for the arm to be stanked off, and two huge diesel pumps attempted to lower water level in the arm sufficiently for a number of joeys to be refloated. Unforgettably 'Ringo' plugged holes leaked quicker than the pumps allowed, hence allowed to re-sink on the mud bank until next day allowed us the opportunity to re-float.

Technique was to pump water into the joey Graham Whorton (god bless this gent RIP) standing in, thus sink a foot or two, use a tree pulling winch from the bow, then pump the water out of the floating joey, pulling the sunken joey 'Ringo' upright on the mud, large petrol pump then took over.

Photograph taken by Wafflingdwarf in April 2011 and was added to the database on Friday the 28th of April, 2017

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