QUEEN
Queen below Lock 9 at Buckby, c 1910. Billy Westwood is the driver
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Craft
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Fleet No
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Built at |
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Cost |
Owner |
Launch Date |
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QUEEN |
9 |
Tipton Dock |
Wood |
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Fellows Morton & Co |
1887 |
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Pre FMC History
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Date |
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Purchased from Fellows Morton & Co |
3.7.1889 (1.1.1889) |
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Steamer Registrations
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Place |
PH Number |
Captain |
Date Inspected |
Date Registered |
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591 |
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c20.6.1887 |
6.1887 |
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Steamer Gaugings
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Place |
Gauging Number |
Notes |
Date |
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BCN GJC GJC BCN |
12326 9442 11680 11680 22596 (There is a little doubt that this refers to
Queen even though it has the correct Fleet No.[9]) |
11t 16cwt Add 7 cwts Open wood boat |
10.1.1889 14.9.1894 7.2.1911 11.7.1915 18.11.1916 |
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Wood
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Maintenance
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Date
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Extensive
repairs to boat
This boat has square under counter and cranked rudder post to bring hole in line for shaft end. |
11.1901
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Boiler
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Type |
Tubes |
PSI |
Cost |
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Cochranes |
48 x 1¾’’ |
100 lbs |
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Maintenance |
Date |
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New back end plate to boiler, new ring and tubes S.V. straps 48 new tubes Dome taken off boiler to have patch on; “D” patch underneath (put on 1901) corroded shell at end Funnel double joint on top funnel. [ Sketch] Narrow angle |
11.1901 3.1903 8.1906 4.1909 |
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Engine |
Haines 1887 |
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Maintenance |
Date |
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Crankshaft broken in Blisworth Tunnel Top cylinder new |
27.3.1904 8.1906 |
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Propeller Shaft
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7’ 10¼’’ ( 6’ 10’’
– 10¼’’ – 2’’ ) |
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Maintenance |
Date |
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Stern bush |
8.1906 |
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Steamer History
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Date |
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Millner letter re bridge dispute Captain Edward Griffiths TWM/FMC “working through Blisworth Tunnel” Quoted in Millner letter with butty Kineton Listed at Waterman’s Hall No 1396 (15 ton) as Steam Carrying Tug |
8.3.1907 21.6.1914 13.6.1914 20.5.1890 |
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Fate
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Dismantled and altered to coke boat (FMC Dock book) Noted “Cut up”
(BCN 22596) |
Date |
18.11.1916 16.4.1926 |
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