Dalswinton Steamboat
Owner: Dumfries & Galloway College of Technology
Area: UK
Hull
Replica 1788 pleasure boat.
Construction: Clinker larch on oak.
Hull designed by Patrick Miller
Built 1988 by Dumfries & Galloway College of Technology at Dumfries
LOA: 25' 0", Beam: 7' 0", Displacement: 10000 lbs.
Twin hulls, tiller steering.
Boiler
Present regulations do not permit working boiler being built. Dummy boiler constructed by students to outline of original, mounted in frames within starboard hull.
Engine
Newcomen Twin. 4" X 18"Built 1988 by Dumfries & Galloway College of Technology
In port side hull, two open top Newcomen type cylinders, wooden frame, chain and ratchet wheel drive to two paddle wheels. Engine has never been tried under steam.
Propeller
Paddles blades, two,
8 floats each
History
Built as a replica to designs of Patrick Miller (hull) and William Symington (engine), at the suggestion of David Landale, present owner of the Dalswinton Estate where original trial steaming took place on 14th October 1788, Ref: Scots Magazine, November 1788. (Restored original engine of 1788 on display in the Science Museum, South Kensington).
Last Modified: 2014.04.01.
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(Owners) 1988