Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

PS Leinster

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1860 Launched by Samuda Brothers of Poplar as one of the new steamers intended for the faster mail service between Holyhead and Kingstown. The engine was provided by Ravenhill, Salkeld and Co.

The Leinster and the Ulster were two of the crack paddle vessels of the time. Sister vessels were PS Connaught and PS Munster. The latter 3 were built by Laird Brothers. Two of them had paddle engines built by J. Watt and Co, the third by Ravenhill, Salkeld and Co[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1898/11/25