Paddle Steamer Lincoln Castle – Can it be saved?
PS Lincoln Castle at Grimsby's Alexandria Dock, being broken up. Note the Bridge has gone!
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FINAL UPDATE EVER! — Yes, this will be my last update on this Article, as the Lincoln Castle has now been ripped apart by Demolition Contractors! It’s all over, there’s nothing that can now be done!
Lots of people think the way the owners have treated the the LCPS like dirt. They have taken a very high headed attitude which wasn’t necessary! It’s another heritage relic that’s gone to waste!
It’s important to Preserve our Heritage, especially when it’s something so rare, and Paddle Steamers are so popular. Look at Waverley and Kingswear Castle, no room to stand on deck!
To see what has become of the Lincoln Castle, Please click here! http://paddlesteamers.awardspace.com/LincolnCastle.htm
~~~ Update September 2010 #2: It seems the last ditch attempt to save the PS Lincoln Castle has failed, as you can see from the picture the Bridge has gone, and all the Railings aft, that covered the Car deck!
As I read somewhere though, the LCPS have vowed to rebuild the vessel piece by piece! ~~~
*** September 2010: I have read that that there was one last ditch attempt to save the Lincoln Castle on September 3rd.
LCPS (Lincoln Castle Preservation society) now have over £100, 000, and the Johnson Family are still not selling.
I can not find any more recent information, as soon as I have some I will update this page!***
+++Have just read in Steam Railway magazine that there is little left that can be done to save the PS Lincoln Castle.
The owners seem unwilling to sell her, despite that the Lincoln Castle Preservation Society has enough money to buy her, but the owners still are unwilling to sell.
It would be such a pity to lose this beautiful machine, and see it Scrapped.+++
Ex-Cross Humber Ferry PS Lincoln Castle is in threat of being Scrapped, unless money can be raised to save it.
I am following the movements of this as closely as I can since I read about it in Steam Railway magazine.
She was built by A&J Inglis and launched in 1940 from Pointhouse, Glasgow and delivered to the LNERs Grimsby Royal Dock.
She worked as a Humber Ferry from the the beginning of WWII to 1978.
She had a Coal fired Boiler that powered her Triple Expansion engine.
She could carry 1,200 passengers, but she was not just for passengers, but cars too.
On her aft deck known as the car deck, 20 cars could be held.
PS Lincoln Castle was put up for sale in 2010, in June the interior started to be stripped out.
She is currently birthed at Grimsby Alexandria Dock after use as a Floating Restaurant.
See Wikipedia article PS Lincoln Castle
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Video: (I found this video on YoutTube of PS Lincoln Castle, probably the last time she was filmed in operation! On a Paddle Steamer Pres… Society Excursion.)
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A sad story. Unfortunately our currently seems to be full of uncultured idiots with not an ounce of interest in the country’s history.
I find it hard to believe that the scrap company are going to make more than £ 100 k from the Lincoln Castle taking their overheads into account. They should have bitten the LCPS’s hand off for that.
Glen
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