The sail is somewhat inconsistent with the canal, although narrow boats did have sails for certain navigations such as the Severn
Thomas Monk was a boat builder at Tipton and there were other members of the Monk family who had other boat yards
The Fellows began carrying with James Fellow senior who had a close association with John Bagnall and Sons, iron masters and they gave sureties for a credit account for carrying along the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal. Their cargoes in those early days included iron goods
The association with Fred Morton led to the formation of an important canal carrying company. They came to build their own boats at Saltley