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CLEARWAY

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1927

Object NameDREDGER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 115' 1" x breadth 27' 1" x depth 10'
Gross Tonnage: 276 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001487

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 601
Official Number: 149778

Fate: CLEARWAY still listed in Lloyds until 2005.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Grab hopper dredger.

Owners:
1927-2004: Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners.

General History:
CLEARWAY was a steam operated hopper Dredger used to clear the dock bottoms of Whitehaven Harbour. It had one crane with grab bucket that grabbed silt from the dock bottom and deposing the sludge in the hopper wall that could hold 355 tonnes. Once the ship was full, the ship went out to a designated area to discharge the waste through hinged doors that opened out by wires attached to a winch. It also had electric lights installed - a rarity for the period.

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 10", 16" and 26" cylinders, 18" stroke. Boiler 10'6" diameter, 10'0" length, 180 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)