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Bibliography

General

ABC British Railway Steamers (Ian Allen 1953)

ABC Coastal Passenger Ships (Ian Allen c1956, 1958, 1960, 1963)

ABC Coastal Ships, by H.M. L Fleming (Ian Allen 1954)

ABC Excursion Ships and Ferries, by J.S Styring (Ian Allen 1958)

British Paddle Steamers. by G. Body (David and Charles 1971)

British Pleasure Steamers, by G. Grimshaw (Tilling 1945)

Cross Channel and Coastal Passenger Steamers, by F. Burtt (Tilling 1937)

Decline of the Paddle Steamer, by R.H. Coton (P.S.P.S. 1971)

Denny 1844 - 1950 (Wm. Denny & Bros. Ltd. 1950)

Denny Lists I - IV (National Maritime Museum 1976)

Famous Paddle Steamers, by F.C. hambleton (Percival Marshall 1948)

Ferries and Pleasure Steamers: A Colour Portfolio, by David Williams & Richard de Kerbrech (Ian Allen 2008)

Paddle Steamers, by Richard Clammer (Batsford)

Paddle Steamers of the 1970s, by Russell Plummer (Anglia)

Paddle Steamers at War, by Russell Plummer (GMS Enterprises 1995)

Railway and Other Steamers, by Duckworth and Langmur (Stephenson 1968)

Railway Ships and Packet Ports, by Richard Danielson (Twelveheads 2007)

River Ferries, by N. Martin (Terence Dalton 1980)


Thames & Medway


Belle of the East Coast, by Peter Box (Panda 1989)

Birds of the Sea - 150 Years of the General Steam Navigation Company, by Nick Robins (McCall 2007)

River Medway Pleasure Steamers, by Andrew Gladwell (Amberley 2010)

Thames Coast Pleasure Steamers, by E.C.B. Thornton (Stephenson 1972)\


South Coast

Buff Funnel Book, by Bernard Cox (Bourne 1960)

Cosens of Weymouth 1918-1996, by Richard Clammer (Twelveheads 2001)

Cosens of Weymouth 1848-1918, by Richard Clammer (Black Dwarf 2005)

Early Solent Steamers, by Capt. F.T. O'Brien (David & Charles 1973)

English Channel Packet Boats, Grasemann and McLachlan (Syren 1939)

Hastings, St. Leonards & Eastbourne Steamship Co. Ltd, by David Renno (Renno 2008)

First Hundred Years, by G.W. O'Connor (Ref Funnel 1961)

History of Portsmouth Harbour and its Ferries, by J.M. Maber (Maber 1976)

Portsmouth-Ryde Passage, by J. Mackett (Ravensbourne Press 1970)

Red Funnel and Before, by R.B. Adams (Kingfisher 1986)

Red Funnel Stuff, by E.P. Leigh-Bennett (Red Funnel 1937)


Clyde & Scotland


Caledonian Steam Packet Company Limited., by I.C.MacArthur (C.R.S.C. 1971)

Campbells of Kilmun, by I. Hope (Aggregate, 1981)

Doon the Watter - A Century of Holidays on the Clyde, by Robert Jeffrey & Ian Watson (Black & White 1999)


Bristol Channel


Bristol Channel Pleasure Steamers, by R. Wall (David and Charles 1973)

Cardiff Queen, by Nick James (James 1988)

P & A Campbell Steamers - The Edwardian Era, by Chris Collard (Tempus 2006)

Passenger Steamers of the Bristol Channel, by Nigel Coombes (Twelveheads 1990)


North Wales


The Liverpool and North Wales Steamship Company, by John Shepherd (Ships in Focus 2006)


Rest of UK

Ferries Forever, by D. Charters (Merseyside County Council 1984)

Mighty Mersey and its Ferries, by R. G. Danielson (Maritime 1992)

Passenger Steamers of the River Fal, by Alan Kittridge (Twelveheads 1998)

Passenger Steamers of the River Tamar, by Alan Kittridge (Twelveheads 1984)


Waverley

Birth of a Legend, by Armstrong, Brown, McKendrick and Robb (PSPS 1997)


Balmoral


The Honourable Balmoral - Her Peers and Piers, by Richard Danielson (Maritime Publications 1999)

Balmoral Handbooks (various dates Waverley Excursions/PSPS)


Kingswear Castle

Kingswear Castle Handbook (various dates P.S.P.S. and P.S.K.C.T.)

Pleasure Steamers of the River Dart, by Alan Kittridge (Twelveheads 1987)


Our Collection Needs You


WE NEED YOUR DONATIONS!

We have a great collection but with your help we can make it even greater! Donations are always welcome!

The PSPS is a registered charity (No 298328) with a core aim of preserving historic material relating to paddle steamers and educating the public on their heritage. Its collection is managed under UK Museum Association guidelines. Any material donated would therefore find a safe and permanent home where future generations will be able to enjoy and use it.

If you would like to donate material to the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society Collection please direct your enquiry to:

PSPS, 31 Meadow Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7LR
or email: heritagesteamers@hotmail.co.uk

 

 

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