Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
Adamant
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: P.E. Martino. (SBA member - Midlands Region)
Area: Midlands canal system (UK).
HULLCanal tunnel tug
Built c1897 at Birmingham.
Designed by C. Stubbings.
Fit-out 1988 by C. Stubbings at Stockton (GU).
LOA: 57', LWL: 55', Beam: 6' 10", Draft: 3' 2", Displacement: 22 tons.
Riveted iron hull (part steel bottom). Original timber cabin overclad in steel 1992.
Black hull, superstructure malachite green lined white and red, tiller steering.
ENGINE2-crank Compound, 4" + 8" x 5".
Built c1895 by Cochrane & Co. Ltd..
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG, Pumps: 1 off .3/8" and 1 off ½" Pemberthy injectors. 5 way lubricating oil pump + cylinder lubricator. Hot well with level regulating system. Surface cond..
Victorian 4-column open-crank engine. Probably a shipyard launch engine.
BOILERVFT.
Built 1988 by Abels Shipyard at Bristol.
Fuel: coal, Pressure: 125 psi, Grate: 4 sqft, Heating Area: c70 sqft, Output: 300-400 lbs/hr.
All steel, 3' dia by 3' high (5'6" over ashpan and smokebox). Mahogany clad. 2* safety valves. Rebuilt 1996 (new tubes & tubeplates)
PROP3 blades, bronze. Geared up 25% - effective pitch 42", 24" x 33".
Shaft: 2" steel.
HISTORYTwo rescued Birmingham 'Day Boat' hulls c 1897 used to form the hull with cabin added in 1988. Modelled on Bridgewater canal tunnel tug
Steam plant fitted by previous owner 1989, installation not completed, then named GLADYS.
Acquired March 1993. First steamed Easter 1995, steamed each year since.
Ref Funnel 88.
1993-96 fitted with 1983 Historic Steam Ltd. (Kew Bridge Steam Museum) 3-drum WTB. Coal fired, 40 sqft hs. Steam drum 10" dia, mud drums 4" dia x 36" long, 114 copper tubes. (Formerly in VICTORIA 1983-93).
Previously fitted with 1954 W. Sisson & Co. Ltd. (Gloucester) 4" x 4" sv Single with enclosed crankcase and Meyer expansion valve. Gearbox reverse.
SBA memberUK
 
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(Owner) Hillmorton, 1998

 

Sutton, 2004

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