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Name: INDUSTRY
Launched: 1833
Completed: 23/03/1833
Builder: Robert Dixon & Richard Anderson, South Shore, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 27tonsb, 63.3 x 14.0 x 8.0ft; (1848: 47grt, 10nrt, 61.1 x 13.1 x 8.4ft);
(1858: 43grt, 8nrt, 63.6 x 14.5 x 7.7ft)
Engines: 30nhp; (1857: 25nhp); (1858: L1cyl, 27nhp)
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: n/a; (1854: 6226)
History:
11/10/1833 Robert Dickerman, Swalwell & Timothy Todd, North Shields and
Thomas Braith, Pelaw Main; registered at Newcastle
24/04/1835 The Thames Steam Towing Co, London; registered at London
31/08/1847 Joseph Lee & George Clark, Sunderland
01/01/1848 Joseph Lee, George Clark & Joseph Parkin, Sunderland
12/05/1848 Joseph Parkin, Hartlepool; registered at Hartlepool
05/07/1854 Frederick John Leach, Middlesbrough; registered at Stockton
03/091858 John Millington, Great Grimsby
28/091858 Registered at Grimsby
09/11/1860 William Gill & Wilkinson Shearsmith, Hull
30/01/1861 Registered at Hull
1861 Broken up
Comments: 1849: Rebuilt
1859: Rebuilt & re-engined
1861: Broken up by Gill & Shearsmith who were boilermakers
1863: Register closed


Hull Packet & East Riding Times, Friday, 22/02/1861