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SPIDER

GJCC Tunnel Tug SPIDER

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Craft

Fleet No

Built at

Hull

Cost

Type

SPIDER

 

 Costins

Wood -  47’ 0 x 6’ 7 x 4’ 5  

 

Tunnel tug

Owners

Address

Source for

First Date

Grand Junction Canal Co

 

 

1859

Also 1870

Steamer Registrations

Owner

Place

PH No

As

Date Inspected

Date Registered

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steamer Gaugings

Owner

Place

Gauging Number

Notes

Date

 

 

 

 

 

Boiler

Locomotive Type supplied by Davey Paxman & Co, Colchester

With 2 Dewrance loaded safety v/v’s, 2 sets of water gauges with protectors, 1 Bourdon steam pressure gauge stayed for high pressure

New boiler by Ruston Proctor & Co Ltd

No 1/164518

 

SoC

A. Flack

 

BH

Inspection

 

 

 

 

12.1878

28.2.1924

 

Engine

10hp single cylinder ‘Elliott’ made in City Road Basin works of GJCC

 

 

 

Steamer History

Tunnel tug at Blisworth

Photo BW 2012

Built

 

 

SoC P23

SoC

 

 

 

1870

 

Fate

Lasted until  (SoC)

Date

1928

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