PS Eleanor (1881)
Encyclopedia
PS Eleanor was a paddle steamer cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway
from 1881 to 1902.
for the London and North Western Railway
in 1881. She was very similar in specification to the paddle steamer Isabella
of 1877.
She was put on the Holyhead
- Greenore
route to replace her namesake Eleanor
which had been wrecked earlier in the same year.
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
from 1881 to 1902.
History
She was built by Cammell LairdCammell Laird
Cammell Laird, one of the most famous names in British shipbuilding during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, came about following the merger of Laird, Son & Co. of Birkenhead and Johnson Cammell & Co. of Sheffield at the turn of the twentieth century.- Founding of the business :The Company...
for the London and North Western Railway
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
in 1881. She was very similar in specification to the paddle steamer Isabella
PS Isabella (1877)
PS Isabella was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1877 to 1898.-History:She was built by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway in 1877....
of 1877.
She was put on the Holyhead
Holyhead
Holyhead is the largest town in the county of Anglesey in the North Wales. It is also a major port adjacent to the Irish Sea serving Ireland....
- Greenore
Greenore
Greenore is a small town, townland and deep water port on Carlingford Lough in County Louth, Ireland. The population of Greenore and the surrounding rural area was 898 in the 2002 Irish census....
route to replace her namesake Eleanor
PS Eleanor (1873)
PS Eleanor was a paddle steamer cargo vessel operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1873 to 1881.-History:She was built by Robert Stephenson and Company for the London and North Western Railway in 1873....
which had been wrecked earlier in the same year.