THE KING
THE KING above lock 11 at Buckby, c
1910. the steerer is J W Carters
great-grandfather, the driver is his grandfather and sitting on top is his
uncle!
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Craft
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Fleet No
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Built at |
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Cost |
Owner |
Launch Date |
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THE KING
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103 |
Saltley Dock |
Iron Composite |
£600 |
FMC |
11.4.1905 |
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Steamer Registrations
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Place |
PH Number |
Captain |
Date Inspected |
Date Registered |
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1152 |
Henry Goddard |
10.4.1905 |
5.5.1905 |
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Steamer Gaugings
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Place |
Gauging Number |
Notes |
Date |
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GJC |
11681 |
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13.2.1911 |
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Bottom elm, kelson pitch pine, sides iron |
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Maintenance
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Date
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Boiler
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Type |
Tubes |
PSI |
Cost |
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J Thompson |
44 x 2Ό, 10
stay tubes |
110 lbs |
£70 |
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Maintenance |
Date |
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Engine |
Haines FMC |
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Maintenance |
Date |
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Top S valve altered to standard 1/8 ex lap. LP none and one port badly curved ex side |
4.1910 |
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Propeller Shaft
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9 2 ( 8 2 9Ύ 2Ό ) Screw 2 diameter 6 threads |
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Maintenance |
Date |
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Shaft 9 2 and bush |
1.1907 |
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Steamer History
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Date |
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Note in Daventry CIJ The King I heard that Harrison - driver
- had taken his wife and child to Brentford for the trip. After careful enquiries I found this to be
correct. I cautioned Stem in Blisworth Tunnel Millner letter re passage with President and butties Millner letter re leaving paddle up. Captain W Griffin
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3.8.1906 27.12..1912 31.7.1920 4.11.1921 |
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Conversion to motor
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At |
Cost |
Engine |
Cost |
Date |
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Saltley |
£318 |
15 hp Bolinder |
£190 |
30.6.1925 |
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Motor Registrations
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Place |
PH No |
Captain |
Date Inspected |
Date Registered |
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1549 |
John Jones |
20.4.1934 |
17.5.1934 |
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Motor Gaugings
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Place |
Gauging Number |
Notes |
Date |
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BCN GJC GJC GJC |
1236 12165 12165 12165 |
Add 11 cwt Add 4 cwt |
31.12.1926 16.8.1927 21.8.1936 29.7.1946 |
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Maintenance
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Docked Saltley Docked Saltley Docked Saltley Docked Uxbridge |
5.1935 1.1938 7.1941 6.1944 |
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Motor History
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Date |
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Fate
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Sold to E Thomas Walsall |
Date |
7.1947 |
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