Stackie barge WILLIAM AND ARTHUR and the Danish HEKLA in Heybridge Basin. In the lock is the Danish NATHALIA. The HEKLA has 222 tons of deals and the NATHALIA 229 tons of deals for Browns at Chelmsford.
WILLIAM & ARTHUR was registered Maldon, built Sittingbourne 1869, Official No. 62777. Owned by James W. Keeble, Maldon.
HEKLA/NLDT built 1900 J.A. Petersen Marstal. 169 grt. Wooden 3 masted schooner. Owner Th. H. Christensen. Registered Marstal [Lloyrds Register of Shipping 1913]
HEKLA 26 April 1917 was stopped and sunk by U53 120 miles NW of Slyne Head, Ireland. There were no casualties.
NATHALIA/NMFK built 1903 G.H.C. Clausen Marstal. 167 grt. Wooden 3 masted schooner. Owner H.J. Bager Marstal. Registered Marstal. [Lloyds Register of Shipping 1913]

June 2014 Ron Green wrote the following for Maldon and Heybridge Life:
OLD DAYS AT HEYBRIDGE BASIN
The postcard I have chosen this month was published by J Reynolds, High Street, Maldon and shows a very busy scene taken on 7th September 1911 with the Danish barquentine HEKLA in the basin loaded with 220 tons of deals (Softwood) consigned to Browns of Chelmsford. This will be offloaded into small lighters as seen in the foreground and drawn by horse along the canal all the way to Browns yard at Chelmsford. Coming in through the lock is another Danish square rigged vessel NATHALIA with a slightly larger freight of 229 tons of deals also for Browns. Her squaresails can be seen behind the haybarge. A group of people have lines attached to the ship and are helping her through. I understand it was a tradition for all available men, women and children to join in.

The haybarge (Stackie) is the WILLIAM & ARTHUR. She was owned by James Keeble of Maldon and is waiting to lock out and be on her way to deliver her stack in London as feed for the many horses working there at that time.

Card published by F.J. Reynolds, High Street, Maldon. Posted from Heybridge 31 October 1913.

Date: 7 September 1911