Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
Dolly
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: G.H. Pattinson. [?])
Area: Windermere (UK).
Website: www.steamboat.org.uk/dolly.htm
HULLSaloon launch
Built c1850.
LOA: 41', LWL: 37', Beam: 6' 6", Draft: 4'.
Carvel wood
Clipper bow, counter stern, black with gold line, white forward saloon, wheel steering, 4 knots.
ENGINESingle, 7"x 7".
Built c1850.
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG.
Cast A frame, engine driven fp.
BOILERRT Scotch.
Built c1975.
Fuel: coal.
All welded, wet back, injector.
PROP3 blades, 2' 6" dia..
HISTORYIn ‘Guinness Book of Records’ as the oldest mechanically powered boat in the world. Owned by Fildes family on Windermere in 1870’s. Sunk on Ullswater 1895, salvaged by owner and Barrow-in-Furness Sub-Aqua Club, restored 1963-5, name discovered 1972. Ref LSP July 1966. Now in Windermere Steamboat Museum, original boiler also on display.
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(Simon Maltby) Windermere, 2003

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