



Garden Festival 'zone' | Water and Maritime |
Sponsor, if appropriate | Monklands District Council |
Type of object | Vehicle, boat or ship |
Current situation | Known |
Current location, if known | Summerlee Heritage Museum, Coatbridge (as at January 2022) |
Notes | A replica, constructed at Linthouse, of what was almsot certainly the first iron-hulled passenger vessel (and the first iron-hulled boat built in Scotland). Now an exhibition & classroom at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life. A related boatshed also exists at Summerlee, as does the base of the winch (by Fox Henderson and originally from a railway goods yard in Forfar) seen in the background of the last image above. The bucket/ladle also seen in the background of that image may or may not be one currently exhibited at the Centre Park Drive roundabout in Coatbridge - what is definitely known is that it was 'for unloading grain and probably came from a Clyde Port Authority 3 ton crane of the type that were on Anderston Quay'. (Correspondence ex. Justin Parkes, NLC) |
Hi, the Vulcan is now an exhibition & classroom at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, which is in Coatbridge not Motherwell. More here including interviews with people who built the replica: https://www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/story/the-iron-boat/ The boatshed that was part of the Festival exhibit is also at Summerlee.
Thanks very much for the info, Justin! Correction and additions now made.
Sorry Lex, another correction: the original Vulcan was the first iron hulled boat built in Scotland but there are accounts of earlier iron-hulled boats in England. However, the Vulcan was almost certainly the first iron hulled passenger vessel.
No problem, and thanks for keeping us right; your expertise is valuable here! (I’d drawn that conclusion from Note #1 on the relevant Wikipedia article, with reference to John Wilkinson’s ‘Trial’.)
Another picture of the Vulcan replica