The Steamboating Forum

We've had feed back from the Windermere Museum and the word is there is nobody around from those days anymore so nothing has come to light.

Thanks fellas for the advice, the Preston engine looks to be in excellent shape but would be too big for us unfortunately.

I've written to Windermere Jetty and had a response from their admin so we'll see what that brings, great idea by the way.



I'll keep you posted on developments.

Hello from New Zealand. I'm a volunteer helping to restore a 1910 steam ferry (65') that was built by Chas Bailey Jnr for passenger services on the Waitemata harbour, Auckland. A bunch of us have been working on "The Minerva" since she was given to the KeriKeri Steam Trust in 2008. We have...