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BIRMINGHAM

(The Engineer – January 24^th 1896)

BIRMINGHAM at the north end of Kingsnorton Tunnel

(Black Country Living Museum)

Either WORCESTER, BIRMINGHAM or GLOUCESTER

(Cath Turpin)

(from “Tunnel Tugs Worcester and Birmingham of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal”

by Cath Turpin in Issue 7, Waterways Journal)

Craft

Built at

Hull

Cost

Type

BIRMINGHAM

Stothert & Co, Bristol

Iron, 45’ x 6’ 9’’ x 4’ 6’’

£1150

TUG

Owners

Address

Source for

First Date

Sharpness New Docks and Gloucester & Birmingham Navigation Co

Delivered Oct 1876

Steamer Registrations

Owner

Place

PH No

As

Date Inspected

Date Registered

Owner

Place

Gauging Number

Notes

Date

Boiler

Fuelled with 25% Welsh and 75% Staffordshire coal

10.1908

Engine

Maintenance

Steamer History

Date

Worked on Gloucester & Berkeley Canal until 1^st Jan 1877, when she started work initially through Kings Norton Tunnel. Decision to replace with motor tugs Required extensive repairs

1.1.1877 9.1911 Jan 1925

Fate

Date