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Steamer Holt Castle at Worcester.

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Holt Castle at Worcester.

The Holt Castle a wooden boat, was the largest steamer at Worcester, capable of carrying 300 trippers. Taken to Pembroke in 1938 and broken up.
During the hop picking season The Holt Castle was used to take pickers from Worcester to the hopfields upstream.

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Holt Castle near Worcester.

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