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Name: RUHR
Type: Train Ferry
Launched: 15/07/1865
Completed: 08/1865
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 38
Dimensions: 338grt,172nrt, 230dwt, 166.8 x 27.0 x 9.7ft
Engines: 2cyl (36 & 36 x 48ins), 80nhp
Engines by: Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: Paddle, 7.5knots (trials)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1865 Prussian Government
No further history known
Comments: Built for moving railway wagons across the Rhine.
The Prussian Government would not allow bridges across the Rhine near “fortress areas”.
This complicated the development of the railways, so the train ferry RUHR was specially designed to enable the Government to transport heavy coal trains across the river.


Shields Gazette & Daily Telegraph, Friday, 18th August 1865