Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
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STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: The Boat Museum Trust. (SBA member - West Midlands Region)
Area: Manchester Ship Canal (UK).
HULLCargo lighter
Built 1902 by W. Jacks & Co. at Port Dundas.
LOA: 66', Beam: 16', Displacement: 64 gross tons.
Riveted iron
Straight stem and stern. Aft wheelhouse, mast and derrick, fore deck winch.
ENGINECompound, 6˝" + 13" x 9".
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG.
2 tfc, cbs with integral surface cond., wheelhouse control.
BOILERCochran type V shell.
Built 1961 by Cradley Boiler Co..
Fuel: coal.
Riveted, 4' 3" dia, 11' high, 13 x 6" horizontal firetubes, fitted 1977.
PROP
HISTORYFormer Clyde ‘Puffer’, used on Forth & Clyde Canal, owned by W.Cooper & Sons, Widnes during 1920s who converted her to a ‘dumb barge’. Later Manchester Dry Docks Ltd. reverted to steam with second-hand plant. Acquired Oct 1981 for preservation. Now at Ellesmere Port. Ref: Waterways World, Mar.1975.
SBA memberUK
 
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(John Cooper) Ellesmere Port

 

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