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Albert Edward (ex - Kyles)
Built
in 1865 by Caird & Co
Engines : 2 cylinder oscillating, 44 in x 45 in. 2 haystack
boilers
Dimensions : 219.4 ft x 20.2 ft
Built for the failed
Wemyss Bay company which provided steamer connections to a new
railhead in the 1865 season
Sold for service on the Thames in 1866 by the Watermans Company
Taken over by the Woolwich Steam Packet Co in 1870 and renamed Kyles
Became part of the London Steamboat Co in 1875 and the River Thames Steamboat Company in 1885
Scrapped in 1888 after
pasing into the control of the Victoria Steamboat Association
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