POWERFUL
POWERFUL with Odell’s wide boat MILDRED at the western end of Maida
Hill Tunnel in 1905
(Copyright City of London,
London
Metropolitan Archives. Ref: 169071)
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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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Registration
Registration
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9.1900
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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Boiler
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Engine
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Steamer
History
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Census taken at Irongate
Wharf, Paddington,
shows Edward Parrott (27), Alfred
Clarke (60) and Job Longden (33) living on board
Census taken at
Paddington. Steerer
James Gannon and friend Edward King (aged 10) on board
Inspected at
Paddington (235) Capt Mr Bland
Sold
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31.3.1901
2.4.1911
1.8.1933
1941
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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.