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The ''Vulcan'', launched in 1819, was the first all iron-hulled vessel (boat) to be built.〔The iron canal boat named ''Trial'' and built by John Wilkinson was launched in 1787. (1 December 1886) "The Inventor of the Iron Ship" ''Marine engineer and naval architect'' Volume 8, pp. 304-305, (page 305 ), but the ''Trial'' was not all iron-hulled. Clarke, Joseph Finbar (1997) ''Building ships on the north east coast: a labour of love, risk and pain'' Bewick Press, Whitley Bay, England, page 61, ISBN 978-1-898880-04-2〕 It was designed as a horse-drawn passenger barge for use on the Scottish canals.. ==History== In 1816, the Forth and Clyde Canal Company, which had earlier successfully adapted new technology to shipbuilding with the Charlotte Dundas, authorised the development of an all-iron ship, and they quickly settled upon building a canal barge. In 1818, Thomas Wilson (1781–1873), was hired as the shipwright. The barge was to be 20 metres (66.5 ft.) long and narrow enough for the canal. The design called for iron sectionals to be riveted together with covering plates. Two blacksmiths were hired to construct the parts. The plating had to be hammered out of puddled iron as no iron rolling mills existed at the time. The iron was supplied by the Monklands Steel Company. The ''Vulcan'' was built outside Glasgow, in Faskine, Airdrie, on the bank of the Monkland Canal. The ''Vulcan'' was launched in May 1819 and carried passengers between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Later it was converted to a cargo handler and was sold for scrap in 1873. In 1988, a replica of the ''Vulcan'' was constructed in Glasgow,〔(Walker, Fred. M. (April 1997) "A Rationale for Replica Ships" Third International Conference on the Technical Aspects of the Preservation of Historic Vessels, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, San Francisco, California )〕 and now resides at the Summerlee Heritage Park.〔("Monklands Online - Story of Calderbank" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vulcan (barge)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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