Buckby Photographs
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Boat Description of photograph Location Reference
       
COUNT Heading down locks with 4 crew Tied back to tail of lock 8 C Newton, H McK
QUEEN Heading down locks with 2 crew 1910.  Driver Billy Westwood  Tied back to tail of lock 8
BW/192/3/2/2/12/8/53
 
JASON (Charles Nelson) Heading down locks with 3 crew, a woman and a child) Tied back to tail of lock 8 BW/192/3/2/2/12/8/22
SULTAN From offside above bridge, with 3 crew Tied back to bridge 13 below lock 8 postcard
       
VULCAN F/l tied backwith 5 crew 1910  Possibly tied back to head of lock 9 
BW/192/3/2/2/12/1/48
 
BARON  Tied back making stern wash with 4 crew. Funnel has 2 brass bands Above lock 9 at maltings below bridge 13  
BW192/3/2/2/12/1/16
PRESIDENT Tied back making stern wash with 4 crew.Captain J Woodfield Above lock 9 at maltings below bridge 13 BCLM 2000/76/1
       
PHOENIX Being gauged in gauging lock.  House (now gone) in background left In lock 9
BW/192/3/2/2/12/1/267
 
       
       
BARON with butty BILSTON  Above lock 10 Jim Marshall
PRINCE with butty NENE  Above lock 10 TW King collection
       
COLONEL with butty WATFORD Above lock 11
BW/192/3/2/2/12/8/53
 
COUNT with butty TIPTON from offside Above lock 11
BW/192/3/2/2/12/1/49
 
COUNT with butty BUCKBY Above lock 11
BW/192/3/1/28/15
 
EARL with butty WARWICK  Above lock 11 AF collection
GENERAL 1910. Loaded with 16 ton of sugar J Neal steerer his son as driver 4 crew in all Tied back to lock 11
BW/192/3/2/2/12/1/52
 
HECLA 1910. William Griffin captain, George Griffin driver plus 2 other crew Tied back top lock 11 John & Kathy Stedman
MARQUIS 1910 Tom Ward at tiller. 4 crew in all Tied back to lock 11
BW/192/3/1/28/8
 
PHOENIX 1910 with 2 crew  Tied back to lock 11
BW/192/3/2/2/12/1/50
 
PRESIDENT 1910 Captain Jim Woodfield, driver Sam Woodfield Tied back to lock 11 RT collection
SULTAN 1910 with 3 crew  Tied back to lock 11 pc
THE KING 1910  from left G Gfr, Uncle, Gfr of J W Carter Tied back to lock 11
BW/192/3/2/2/12/1/53
 
       
BARONESS From offside. Aft half close up with 3 crew.  C Newton standing in engine ole Tied back and recorded as at Long Buckby but exact location uncertain
BW/192/3/2/2/12/1/51
 P101 Tom Chaplin Narrowboat
VANGUARD From offside. Aft half close up with 2 crew  Location unknown but thought to be at Long Buckby J Yates
     
     
Sequence of Structures Top Lock 7/ Bridge 11(A5)/ Bridge 12/ Lock 8/ Bridge 13 and Maltings/ Lock 9 (Gauging Lock)/ Railway Bridge/ Lock 10/ Bridge 14/ Lock 11/ Lock 12/ Bridge 15/ Bottom Lock 13   
     
     
FMC steamers which weren't photographed (or the images are lost)    
     
ADMIRAL Missing    
COUNTESS Leased to John Dickinson & Co, in their livery and probably working between Dickinson's factory and London    
DUCHESS Sold in 1893    
DUKE Missing    
EMPEROR Missing    
EMPRESS Missing    
MONARCH Missing    
PIRATE Sold in 1902    
PRINCESS Leased to John Dickinson & Co, in their livery and probably working between Dickinson's factory and London    
SPEEDWELL Missing    
SWAN Built 1911, Dismantled 1913. Wide boat, only worked the southern end of the GJC    
VICEROY Missing    
VICTORIA Missing    
VICTORY Missing