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11.1925 |
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EARL |
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4.12.1925 |
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Regauged as BCN 1481.
Last steamer to trade |
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EARL |
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5.1.1928 |
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Add 14 cwt to GJ Gauging
Sheet 11807 |
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EARL |
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GS |
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22.6.1928 |
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Add 15 cwt to GJ Gauging
Sheet 11807 with comment "False bottom out". |
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EARL |
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May have been renamed
ROYAL see article WW June 1980 |
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C Boucher |
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5.1930 |
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Sank at Stretton Stop,
engine removed, hull towed to Brinklow Arm and
abandoned. Stern gear and propeller is at Stoke Bruerne |
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EARL |
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6.2000 |
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Photographed at Brinklow |
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EARL |
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Sightings
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Ref |
Date |
Source |
Captain |
Crew |
Butty |
Notes |
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EARL |
6 1895 |
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Launched Saltley |
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WH 9449 |
6.3.1895 |
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Gauged |
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15.6.1895 |
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Inspected |
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Bm
939. |
28.6.1895 |
Reg |
Thomas Crockett |
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Registered |
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Bm 939. |
26.2.1896 |
Lei CIJ |
Thos
Crockett |
4-- |
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30.6.1896 |
Millner L |
Crockett |
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hits Gayton stage |
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Bm 939. |
20.7.1896 |
Lei CIJ |
Thos
Crockett |
4-- |
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"Fly" |
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5.4.1901 14.12.1901 |
Census |
Thos Crockett |
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In Maintenance Docking |
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11.6.1904 |
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Maintenance Docking |
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11.1904 |
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Maintenance Docking |
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9.11.1905 9.11.1905 |
Millner L Millner L |
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Priority of passage Passage Stoke Bruerne |
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13.1.1906 |
Millner L |
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Ran into gate of L 17 |
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3.1906 |
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Maintenance Docking |
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Bm 939. |
12.5.1906 |
Dav CIJ |
Thos
Crockett |
4-- |
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1.1908 |
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Maintenance Docking |
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8.1908 |
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Maintenance Docking |
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Bm 939. |
10.10.1908 |
Dav CIJ |
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… |
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Bm 939. |
15.1.1909 |
Dav CIJ |
J Griffiths |
… |
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20.12.1909 |
Heston CIJ |
Geo Smith |
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Bm 939 |
26.2.1910 |
Heston CIJ |
Jno Prince |
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2.2.1911 2.4.1911 |
Millner L Census |
Henry Smith |
4-- |
Nantwich |
with General taken at the locks, Stoke Bruerne. Crew
included Higgins (driver), Last ? and Welsh |
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GJ 11807 |
20.5.1911 |
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Gauged |
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31.10.1911 |
Heston CIJ |
Geo Smith |
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Bm 939 |
14.2.1912 |
Heston CIJ |
J.Mason |
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1913 |
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Maintenance Docking |
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2.5.1913 |
Millner L |
Mason |
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questions Mason re 25/4
incident |
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Bm 939. |
13.7.1915 |
Bkd CIJ |
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4-- |
Jersey |
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Bm 939. |
9.5.1919 |
Dav CIJ |
George Geelin |
3-- |
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Bm 939. |
28.5.1920 |
Dav CIJ |
J Harrison |
3-- |
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Bm 939. |
9.2.1921 |
Dav CIJ |
J Harrison |
3-- |
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Bm 939. |
19.1.1922 |
Dav CIJ |
A. Bell |
3-- |
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Bm 939. |
27.4.1922 |
Dav CIJ |
A Bell |
3-- |
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22.4.1923 |
Millner L |
Jones |
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tunnel dispute |
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11.1925 |
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Sold to Charles Court jnr |
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Bm
1481 |
4.12.1925 |
Reg |
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for Charles Court jnr |
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5.1.1928 |
Regauged |
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+14 cwt |
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11807 11807 11807 11807 11807 11807 |
22.6.1928 20.7.1928 13.8.1928 3.9.1928 22.9.1928 6.11.1928 13.10.1928 |
Regauged Brent
Toll Brent
Toll Brent
Toll Brent
Toll Brent
Toll Brent
Toll |
C Court |
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Snipe Snipe Snipe Snipe Snipe Snipe |
+15 cwt 11t 14c 17t 1c 13t 6c 11t 3c 13t 4c 13t 9c |
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5.1930 |
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Sunk in Brinklow Arm |
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Documents
on file
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Port
of London Gauging 9449 |
pc |
6.3.1898 |
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GJ
Gauging 11807 |
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20.5.1911 |
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Census
City Road Basin |
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5.4.1901 |
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Telegram FMC/Millner re
priority of passage |
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9.8.1905 |
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Telegram Allen/Millner re passage |
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9.11.1905 |
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?/Millner re passing
incident in tunnel |
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22.4.1923 |
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Warren/Millner
report re above |
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22.4.1923 |
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WW
article Cyril Boucher re Royal |
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6.1980 |
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Millner Letters |
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30.6.1896 |
I have also to call
to your notice boatman Crockett of the EARL for
running full speed into the gauging stage at Gayton when coming in to
coke. Your men appear to do this to
save trouble in shafting round to the coke shed. I need hardly remind you that the steamer
suffers equally with the Company’s works.
Millner/FMC |
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9.11.1905
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1.10
pm “Fellows wire their Captain of steamer EARL
with important goods for Birmingham due Friday wants fourteen pairs boats
before he can clear Stoke can anything be done to assist them “ Waterways London (GJCC)/Millner |
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9.11.1905
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6.5pm “The steam boat EARL will be through 12 boats in front of her 16 in
all at the bottom 189 boats up to six tonight”. Allen, Stoke Bruerne/Millner |
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9.11.1905
(Thurs) |
In
further reply to your wire re Fellows and Co steamer EARL
at Stoke for Birmingham. This steamer
will clear the locks tonight. It is
not advisable for boats to be allowed to pass Stoke locks without waiting
strict turns for I am sorry to say that our water supply is still very
unsatisfactory. |
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10.11.1905 |
….steamer
EARL passed here on Thursday night at
10.00. The HECLA
passed at 1.30 this afternoon, but we have no news of the DUKE Millner/FMC |
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18.1.1906 |
EARL ran into the bottom gate at lock 17 Stoke Bruerne
on the 13th inst and broke and knocked
off the inside balance – the gate now requires a new balance and spliced
heel. I shall be glad if you will let
me have your captains version of the accident and I hope you will caution the
man to use more care in working the locks.
Millner/FMC |
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4.2.1911 |
I beg to report that the “Orange”
loaded with 27½ tons of castings and grease from Leicester and Market
Harborough, Captain H Draycott Jnr and butty boat to the steamer GENERAL, Captain Neal, was sunk opposite Messrs
Phipps’ ironstone landing at the north end of Blisworth
Tunnel at 4am on Thursday February 2nd. Having no boat lifting tackle the only practical way of raising her was to drive a stank across the canal at Bridge No 50 and put in the drop planks at the north end of the Blisworth Tunnel and draw the water down about 2’ 0” out of a section of canal about ¾ mile long. It was found necessary to unload 16 tons of grease in casks and retrim the castings before the boat would rise when all the water was pumped out of her. The boat was refloated and the traffic moving again at 6pm of the same day. The accident occurred owing to the heavy load and bad stowage of the plates, no packing being used to prevent these from slipping. A considerable quantity of water was run away which reduced the head of water in the Blisworth pound by one inch. Cost of £4. 4. 0 invoiced to FMC |
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2.5.1913 |
re
Memo of 25th April re accident to EARL. I met the steamer and questioned
Mason. He states the accident occurred
at the Rifle Butts at Stantonbury early morning
before it got light – I have had the canal drained but can find no obstruction. Millner/Thomas |
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22.4.1923 |
I
have to report to you that today Sunday one of Fellows Morton and Clayton
Steamer named the EARL came up oto the north end of the tunnel after the tug had started
in the tunnel with five loaded boats in tow she came by all the boats and of
course when they tried to get past the tug I told them that I should not let
them go by as I was first in the tunnel and they would have to go back they whent abreast of the tug about a hundred yards past the
wet pit the Captains name is Jones. F
Warren/Millner |
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24.4.1923 |
Warren’s
report is that on the 12.30 turn on Sunday he had 5 boats in tow and when he
had got about 100 yards in FMC Steamer the EARL
followed them in and wanted to pass but of course Warren would not give way
to him. The Steamer caught the Tug up
at about No 20 and when Jones the Captain found he could not pass he dropped
back and asked Warren not to say anything about it it
caused the tug to be 1¼ hours going through.
? /Millner |
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Hull remains are in the Brinklow
Arm
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