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Daniel Adamson

Status: Undergoing renovation

Owner: Daniel Adamson Preservation Society

Website: http://www.danieladamson.com

Area: UK-North West


Hull

Tug. Construction: Steel.
Built 1903 by Tranmere Bay Development Co. Ltd. at Birkenhead
LWL: 110' 0", Beam: 22' 8", Draft: 10' 0", Displacement: 346000 lbs.
No.222.

Boiler

Scotch Marine, 3 furnace Built 1953 by J.G. Kincaid & Co. Ltd. at Greenock
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 120 psi,
194 tubes.
Full set of auxiliary steam pumps.

Engine

Two, Compound. 14" + 30" X 20"
Built 1903 by J. Jones & Sons at Liverpool
Piston valve on HP, slide valve on LP valve. SLRG valve gear.
Cast A frames - Integral surface condenser - Three pumps per engine, operated by rocker arm, bilge, air and boiler feed.

Propeller

Cast Iron, 4 blades,
2 props, outward turning


History

Built for the Shropshire Union Railway & Canal Co. as the RALPH BROCKLEBANK to run a barge towage and passenger packet service between Ellesmere Port & Liverpool - Sold to the Manchester Ship Canal Co. in 1922 for towing duties on the MSC - Refitted in 1936 as the Directors launch and inspection vessel and renamed as the Daniel Adamson - Major refit in 1953 and new boiler fitted - Taken out of service 1984 - Moved to the Boat Muesum at Ellesmere Port 1986 - Bought by the Daniel Adamson Preservation Society in 2004 for £1 to save her from the scrapman's torch and moved to Salisbury Dock, Liverpool - Over the next ten years the vessel was moved to Sandon Dock, Liverpool and the Society embarked on a plan of conservation and restoration using a team of volunteers - Awarded a £3.8M grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2015 to fully restore the vessel to a fully working passenger carrying tug tender.


Last Modified: 2015.05.29.


On the Manchester Ship Canal in 1979 (John Slavin)

Photos


In the lower basin at Ellesmere Port in 1989 (John Slavin)


Clarence Dry Dock, Liverpool in 2004 (John Slavin)


Lower saloon after the 1936 refit.


Upper saloon after the 1936 refit


Alley & McClellan (Sentinel) steering engine


Engine operated pumps


Condenser circulating pump made by Drydale & Co, Glasgow


Stephenson valve gear on the LP cylinder, starboard engine


Reversing engine made by Browns Bros. Rosebank, Edinburgh