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

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from 1881 to 1902.Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962

History

She was built by

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for the

in 1881. She was very similar in specification to the paddle steamer ''Isabella'' of 1877. She was put on the

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route to replace her namesake ''Eleanor'' which had been wrecked earlier in the same year.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eleanor 1881 ships Steamships Ships built on the River Mersey Ships of the London and North Western Railway Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom