Railway owned boats.

[Ken H]

The Furness railway steamships on Windermere must have been delivered from Barrow to the lake in a similar way to Maid of the Loch. Anyone know the actual detail?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

One of the very oldest boats operating on Ullswater (the second largest lake in the Lake District), namely the 'Lady of the Lake' (originally a steam yacht) was originally built in Rutherglen in the Glasgow area, moved in various sections by rail to Penrith railway station, then moved in even smaller sections by horse and cart to Waterside near Pooley Bridge at the top end of Ullswater, before being assembled and launched there in June 1877. Not sure it was ever owned by a railway company though.

 

[Cheshire Scot]

One of the very oldest boats operating on Ullswater (the second largest lake in the Lake District), namely the 'Lady of the Lake' (originally a steam yacht) was originally built in Rutherglen in the Glasgow area, moved in various sections by rail to Penrith railway station, then moved in even smaller sections by horse and cart to Waterside near Pooley Bridge at the top end of Ullswater, before being assembled and launched there in June 1877. Not sure it was ever owned by a railway company though.

But an interesting story with a rail element.

 

[John Luxton]

One of the very oldest boats operating on Ullswater (the second largest lake in the Lake District), namely the 'Lady of the Lake' (originally a steam yacht) was originally built in Rutherglen in the Glasgow area, moved in various sections by rail to Penrith railway station, then moved in even smaller sections by horse and cart to Waterside near Pooley Bridge at the top end of Ullswater, before being assembled and launched there in June 1877. Not sure it was ever owned by a railway company though.

the Ullswater Steamer operation is linked to the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway both companies are part of the Lake District Estates Group owned by the Wakefield family. So the steamers and railway have been in common ownership since around 1960. The two operations appear to do a lot of cross promotion.

 

[randyrippley]

The Furness railway steamships on Windermere must have been delivered from Barrow to the lake in a similar way to Maid of the Loch. Anyone know the actual detail?

I've read that they were pre-fabricated, turned into a CKD kit of parts, then reassembled at Lakeside

However having said that, there iron foundries very close-by at Backbarrow and I wonder if part of the forging was done locally

 

[Roilshead]

They certainly were, bringing back memories!

From 1 January 1959 management of this service was transferred to BTC-owned (91%, [Ellermann Wilson's Line Ltd held 9%]) Associated Humber Lines Ltd, when they adopted AHL colours. On 1 January 1963, on winding-up of the BTC, ownership of AHL passed to the Transport Holding Company Ltd. From 1965 the AHL ferries on this route adopted the new British Rail colours, but remained under AHL management. On winding-up of the THC on 1 January 1969 ownership if AHL passed to the National Freight Corporation - management of the ferry service either reverted to BR at this time or when NFC decided to wind-up AHL and discontinue its services in November 1971.