www.Syntan.org.uk

The Beverley Barge Preservation Society

The Beverley Barge Preservation Society , set up in the year 2000 after the discovery of the motor vessel Syntan in a sunken state at Doncaster, the Syntan had, since her launch in 1949 worked as a commercial carrying engine driven Barge in Beverley Beck. The Syntan carried the raw materials for the Tannery once a major Employer in the town of Beverley until the seventies when the closure of the Tannery meant the selling off of the barges, Syntan And other Beverley Barges were bought by Waddingtons of Swinton and used for carrying steel products from Rotherham to the Port of Goole, when this trade ceased the Syntan became surplus to Requirements and was laid up to rot in a Doncaster By-Water. The Syntan, towed back to Beverley after being purchased by the Society was restored over a three-year period to her former glory. Now the Syntan moored in Beverley Beck is open to the public as a Historical, Educational, Community visitor attraction. The Syntan has the capacity in her Hold Area to cater for

Functions of many kinds, Dinner Parties, Plays, Meetings, Musical Events, Corporate Events and many Community

Activities offering Catering Facilities (Galley) Multi Functional Toilets and a Disabled Stair Lift.

One of the Main Attractions of the Syntan has become the Trip of Nostalgia from her moorings in the Beck down the River Hull Corridor and out into the Humber Estuary recreating the passage the Syntan made many times during her commercial life.