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 174,011 pages of information and 250,208 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 Vulture

From Graces Guide

The VULTURE was built by J. Aitken and Co., Glasgow, in 1864, but was not registered at Milford until 1881. Her length was 243.2 feet, beam 25.7 feet, and depth 17 feet; the registered tonnage was 793 gross and 461 net. The engines which were two cylinder oscillating were 54 in. by 60 in. stroke. The boiler pressure was 15 lb., n.h.p. 200.

Owned by the Great Western Railway

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