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Port of London Gauging 14058 |
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27.4.1900 |
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Census showing Colonel at Brentford |
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4.1901 |
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Page from Hayes’ notebook |
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1902 |
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Letter Inns/Millner re lock dispute |
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21.4.1907 |
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GJ Gauging 11697 |
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11.4.1911 |
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Letter FMC/Millner re tunnel error |
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21.8.1914 |
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Letter Millner/Yates re damage to gate |
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13.3.1927 |
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BCN Gauging 1307 |
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29.5.1946 |
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Letter
ex Mike Harrison re history |
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24.3.2001 |
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Millner Letters |
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23.7.1907 |
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I
have to report the steerer of Fellows & Cos steamer VICTORIA Captain J
Wilkinson and BARON E Wenlock for meeting boat Fellows & Co (COLONEL) Captain P Boswell on the 22nd
between 4 and 5pm, the above boat being loaded with naphtha, and the flagman
with flag being at the south end to caution them not to enter. H Danks/Millner |
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3.4.1908 |
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I am obliged for your
letter enclosing a report from Braunston respecting our tug running in front
of your steamer COLONEL in the 1st
inst and after I have got our tug trip sheets in I will look into the matter
and I quite agree with you that it is not advisable to make enmity between
our respective drivers.I wish you would let your Mr Iremonger request your
drivers to ease down when passing our steam dredging plant for these are
continually getting adrift. Last
Sunday morning early we had several of the dredger craft loose at
Gayton. Millner/C F Jones, |
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21.4.1907 |
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A
report on the 21st of April at 5.30 am a pair of Harriss boats
were coming into the bottom lock when one of Fellows engine came into them to
have the lock causing a delay of three hours neither of them willing to give
way. Name of Harris boats Cyril and
Samuel Fellows engine COLONEL Captain J Barker
and IVER Boat Boats Captain A West. G
Inns/Millner |
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13.4.1908 |
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I am obliged for your letter of
the 2nd inst enclosing a report from your Braunston depot
respecting the tug going into the Tunnel before time and in front of your
steamer COLONEL on the 1st inst. I have seen the tug captain and I find
according to the trip sheets he entered the tunnel at 4pm with 6 empty boats
only and with this load the tug would travel faster than your steamer. I may say it would not be possible to wind
the tug after the steamer had passed the bridge near the tunnel end – I do
not think we need go further into the matter as Danks assures me that he
gives way when heavily loaded and I quite follow Barker’s endeavour to get in
front of the six empty boats.
Millner/C FJones |
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21.8.1914 |
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Court
has called and paid me the 5/- fine which will be sent to |
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10.9.1914 |
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Referring to the report you
sent us on the 21st August
respecting our steamer COLONEL going
into Blisworth Tunnel while the tug was coming in the other end. The writer has investigated this and
apparently it was an error of judgement on the part of the man in charge of
the boat. The regular captain was away, ill, and this man was in charge
during is absence. Perhaps you
will be able to see your way clear to let this man off with a talking
to; I have told him to call and see
you, either on his way up to London or when he comes down. Argent FMC/Millner |
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21.3.1927 |
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Re Stoppage at Lock No 8
Buckby. I have to report thet on March
13th J Boswell, motor COLONEL
fouled the guard iron on the off side bottom gate and broke a piece out of
the breast 5’ 3” x 6” x 2” and we had
a four hours stoppage from 9 pm until 12 midnight to make good the damage. No delay to traffic occurred as the repairs
were done after locking up hours. I
understand it was an accident that could not be avoided owing to the breast
iron being loose. Millner/Yates |
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Current Owner : Peter Thompson |