POWERFUL
The stern of Odell’s POWERFUL
in dry dock at Uxbridge
(Hugh
McKnight)
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Craft
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Fleet No
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Built at
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Hull
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Cost
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Type
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POWERFUL
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STEAM TUG
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Owners
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Address
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Source for
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First Date
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Odell & Co
Thomas Clayton
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Paddington
Wharf
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Photo C&RC
Registration
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1. 1908
17.2.1914
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Steamer Registrations
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Owner
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Place
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PH No
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As
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Date Inspected
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Date Registered
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Odell & Co
Thomas Clayton
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Uxbridge
Paddington
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300
235
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Narrow steam tug
Narrow steam tug
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c 9.1900
17.2.1914
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Steamer Gaugings
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Owner
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Place
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Gauging Number
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Notes
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Date
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Boiler
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Engine
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Steamer
History
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Census taken at
Paddington. Steerer James Gannon and
friend Edward King (aged 10) on board
Inspected at
Paddington (235) Capt Mr Bland
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2.4.1911
1.8.1933
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Fate
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Note re Odell & Co Ltd (supplied by Alan
Faulkner)
In 1897
Thomas Clayton (1857-1927) took over the barge business operated by Henry
Odell. Initially the business was
continued under the name of Odell & Co Ltd from 19 Irongate Wharf, Paddington
but the directors’ meetings were held in Birmingham. About 1911 the company’s name was changed to
Thomas Clayton (Paddington) Ltd and for many years it was run by Alfred Clayton
(1875 – 1969), the fourth son of Thomas’s eldest brother William John Clayton
(1855-1920), from an office in Paddington.
The Grand Union Canal Co purchased the concern on 1st April
1936 at which time the two main directors, Alfred Clayton and Forrester Clayton
(1878-1942), resigned.