Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,367 pages of information and 244,505 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.
1819 built by William Simons and Co, Greenock; 100 horse-power, 202 tons; for Belfast trade.
1824 G. and J. Burns introduced the paddle steamer Fingal, of 296 tons, between Greenock and Belfast, which was larger than the PS Rob Roy which had been operating on that route since 1818.
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