The Buffalo was carefully manoeuvred onto a trailer before being transported to a nearby restoration site.
An amphibious vehicle that was recovered from below ground after 74 years in Crowland has been sent to a restoration site, and the man who found is in search for a museum to house it.
The Buffalo LVT (landing vehicle trapped) spent 74 years underground after it sank during an operation to construct a temporary dam.
It was one of 30 amphibious vehicles placed in a horseshoe formation to shore up a breached bank, though only sixteen of them remain in place for flood defences to this day.
Incredible effort to rescue tank buried under street near Peterborough after 74 years
It had lain buried underground for 74 years – but an extraordinary project to locate and dig up an amphibious tank in Crowland was completed on Thursday.
Saturday, 1st May 2021, 8:46 am
The Buffalo landing vehicle was one of two which sank after being washed away during an operation to construct a temporary dam following floods in 1947.
Crowland farmer Daniel Abbott pored over records and carried out exploratory work over the past three years to confirm that two stricken vehicles were still near the fishing pit.
And there was a lump in his throat at 3.50pm on Thursday as a cheer went up from the army of volunteers as the first Buffalo began to be hauled out from 30ft below ground level.
Brit farmer s incredible discovery as he digs up tank which sank 70 years ago
Farmer Daniel Abbott solved a 74-year mystery after he located the 20-ton missing Buffalo tank, which washed away and sank during floods in 1947 and hadn t been seen since
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Mr Abbot says he s over the moon with the incredible find (Image: Crowland Buffalo Lvt)
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Crowland leaders disagree over new play equipment for Snowden Field Published: 16:17, 11 December 2020
Plans to install new play equipment on Crowland s Snowden Field will go ahead, despite opposition from the parish council s chairman.
During a virtual meeting on Monday, councillors voted six-one, with one abstention, to go ahead with buying nine new pieces of equipment, including swings, slides and activity panels for the toddlers play area, off Thorney Road.
Funding for the plans will come from developers contributions as part of new homes built in Crowland and work to install the play equipment is due to start next February.
Parish councillors David Ringham (centre) and chairman David Kempton (right), with Jon Boor, disagreed over plans to install new play equipment on Crowland s Snowden Field. Photo: 180517-28