SPEEDWELL
The
cover illustration for NarrowBoat Magazine, Autumn
2011, the steamer SPEEDWELL behind her butty THAMES
(by kind
permission of the artist, Christopher M. Jones and NarrowBoat
Magazine)
John
Griffiths’ SPEEDWELL
The Waterways
Archive/Canal & River Trust BW197/4/1/1/206
It was the subsequent discovery
of the photograph above, in the Bert Dunkley Collection at the Waterways
Archive, Ellesmere Port, which prompted Christopher M. Jones to modify his
painting by re-positioning the funnel and altering the cabin design to reflect
the craft above. The painting had
originally used the layout suggested by JUBILEE
The revised image from NarrowBoat Magazine, Autumn 2012
(by kind permission
of the artist, Christopher M. Jones and NarrowBoat
Magazine)
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Documents on file
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Letter
Warren/Millner re Tunnel collision |
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19.5.1911 |
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GJ
Gauging 11770 |
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2.1.1913 |
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Coventry
Inspections details (see under ENTERPRISE) |
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3.3.1914
– 4.6.1918 |
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Nuneaton
Canal Inspector’s Journal |
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11.2.1931 |
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Oxford
Canal Gauging 5632 (as REGAL) |
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12.12.1932 |
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Millner Letters
6.2.1911 A report received from the Captain of the Blisworth Tunnel Tug respecting Mr John Griffiths’ steamer SPEEDWELL towing a pair of his own boats through the tunnel. Mr Griffiths’ steamers make a terrible quantity of smoke when only towing a butty boat and they are not capable of towing more than one boat. They make the tunnel in such a foul state that I am afraid if they are allowed to continue towing more than one boat we shall have an accident in the tunnel with our night gang. I would suggest that Mr Griffiths be instructed to discontinue towing more than one boat.
19.5.1911 I have had a report from Burtin to say when they was going from the south end of the tunnel at 9 oclock turn this morning they met one of Mr John Griffiths Steamer the SPEEDWELL Captain name Wilson the steamer was making very much smoke and they never blew the whistle and the Steamer was on the wrong side of the tunnel and ran into the tug but it as (sic) not done any damage to the tug I have heard by the boat people this afternoon that it as (sic) broken two of the steamers guards off. F Warren/Millner