PS ''Eleanor'' was a paddle steamer cargo vessel operated by the

London and North Western Railway The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom. In 1923, it became a constituent of the Lo ...

from 1873 to 1881.Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962

History

She was built by

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for the

in 1873. She may have been named after Eleanor Moon (1847-59), the eldest daughter of the company's then chairman,

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, and was built specifically for the

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route that Moon had championed. She ran aground on 27 January 1881 at Leestone Point,

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during a dense fog. The railway attempted to salvage her but severe gales in the following weeks completed her destruction. Within the year, the railway company had replaced her with a new paddle steamer of the same name, ''Eleanor''.

References

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