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and bring out an even more powerful 

 vessel than the converted canal boat 

 appeared to be. 



The result was the Charlotte Dundas, 

 built at Grangemouth. Like the pioneers 

 of her type she had a stern paddle-wheel, 

 and it is interesting to find that she had 

 a double stern with two rudders, the 

 latter controlled by a wheel placed well 

 forward. When tested she proved an 

 exceptionally strong craft, towing two 

 loaded sloops weighing 70 tons with ease. 

 These sloops she took nearly twenty 

 miles on the canal. 



Despite the undoubted success of the 

 Charlotte Dundas she was shortly with- 

 drawn and laid up in a creek, where for 

 many years she proved an object of 

 interest to the curious. Many of the 

 latter went their way with the impression 

 that they had looked upon a new-fangled 

 boat which was an evident failure, else 

 why laid by to rot? Instead of there 

 being any question of failure in the boat 



