Steamboat Register

Basuto

Owner: The Boat Museum Trust

Area: UK-West Midlands

Hull

Cargo lighter. Construction: Riveted iron.
Built 1902 by W. Jacks & Co. at Port Dundas
LOA: 66' 0", Beam: 16' 0", Displacement: 128000 lbs.
Straight stem and stern. Aft wheelhouse, mast and derrick, fore deck winch.

Boiler

Cochran type V shell Built 1961 by Cradley Boiler Co.
Fuel: Coal,
Riveted, 4' 3" dia, 11' high, 13 x 6" horizontal firetubes, fitted 1977.

Engine

Compound. 6 1/2" + 13" X 9"
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
2 tfc, cbs with integral surface cond., wheelhouse control.

Propeller

History

Former Clyde ‘Puffer’, used on Forth & Clyde Canal, owned by W.Cooper & Sons, Widnes during 1920s who converted her to a ‘dumb barge’. Later Manchester Dry Docks Ltd. reverted to steam with second-hand plant. Acquired Oct 1981 for preservation. Now at Ellesmere Port. Ref: Waterways World, Mar.1975.

Last Modified: 2014.04.01.