Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
Perseverance
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: The Boat Museum Trust. (SBA member - West Midlands Region)
Area: Ellesmere Port (UK).
HULLPontoon dredger
Built 1934 by J. Pollock, Son & Co. Ltd. at Faversham.
LOA: 70', Beam: 7', (13' 9" with side pontoons), Draft: 3' 9", Displacement: 70 tons.
Riveted steel
No.1490. Not self moving.
ENGINEHorizontal Twin, 7" + 7" x 10".
Built 1934 by Grafton & Co. at Bedford.
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG.
3 ton dredger grab, crane No. 2473. Grab powered by 10½" dia direct acting steam cylinder
BOILERLocomotive type.
Built 1947 by Marshall, Sons & Co. Ltd. at Gainsborough.
Fuel: coal or wood, Pressure: 120 psi.
12 NHP, 56 x 2¾" od tubes, two injectors, blower, 4 ton bunker, 1" bilge ejector. Fitted 1957-58
PROP
HISTORYSupplied new to Grand Union Canal Co. Ltd. as their dredger ‘No.14’, later British Waterways Board, 1967 - 1974 owned by Kennet &Avon Canal Trust. 1974-1993 Surrey & Hampshire Canal Society. Acquired October 1993, for restoration 2000-01. Boiler formerly used at Luton laundry.
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(Lyn Smith) Basingstoke Canal, 1990

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