From Paisley to Glasgow

[daval57]

The Transport Museum in Glasgow has a photograph of a vessel named "The Vulcan"

I'll have a look for it when we're there in November.
Are you coming RJ? Or are you still hiding from the polis?
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[andycand]

Hi

If you go to the link below,  select Search for Ships  and then enter Vulcan as the name you will get a list of ships with that name. This is only a list of ships that relate to the Glasgow and Clyde region so no doubt there will be others with the name Vulcan.

http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/shipview.asp

Andy

[trish251]

Interesting Andy - but it would indicate that mine isn't there? The first mentioned as an Iron steamer is built 1855, which is what I thought mine was?

Trish

[andycand]

Hi Trish

I'm wondering as to whether its the Paddle Steamer Vulcan. The 19th century British Newspapers has quite a few ads from the Liverpool Mercury for 1833 for the Vulcan. The company was The City of Glasgow Steam Packet Company.

 Also on the NLA Licensed Databases is one called Project Muse. If you search for Vulcan and City Of Glasgow, the first hit is an article from July 2007 Vol 48 no 3. If you scroll down to page 480 there is a paragraph about sailings from Liverpool to Glasgow and that three new steamers were built for the City of Glasgow Steam Packet Company and a footnote at the bottom of the page says that the first two steamers were named John Wood   after the hull builder and Vulcan after Napiers engine works.

A check of the Clydebuilt Ships Database shows that the John Wood   was a Paddle Steamer (1831) so I think your Vulcan was also a Paddle Steamer.

Andy

[RJ_Paton]

Possibly no connection but these stamps show an image of a steam ship from 1838 "The Vulcan"

http://www.sella.co.nz/general/antiques-collectables/stamps/great-britain/4lxh52/

[trish251]

I did see mention of the paddle steamer Vulcan in the list Andy & wondered - the only paddle ships I am familiar with are the ones on the Murray which look a little different to the stamp picture - but it probably was the one mentioned.

I don't have my NLA card yet - I do have one from SLQ so will check if I can access your link there. I did read about Napiers when I first started looking for the Vulcan.

Thank you for the picture RJ - I could almost buy the stamps  it seems the ship had sails as well as a steam funnel.

I very much appreciate all the information on this thread -  more than I was ever expecting to get, when I get to Paisley/Glasgow  I shall check it all out   

Trish

[pancho]

Three Mile House was situated at the corner of  Hillington Road and Paisley Road West just across the road from my old doctors surgery (was a vets till recently now an Indian Restaurant.)

[trish251]

Many thanks pancho - I shall look it up on google maps

Trish

[daval57]

Did we not almost figure that out before?

BTW, I reckon you and I had the same doctor surgery Pancho, the gray converted bungalow?  I'm trying to remember the doctors name but I'm struggling.  I lived in Dryburn for 3 years until about '88.

Dave