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Description: | During the time that Robert Burns was farming at Ellisland, just outside Dumfries, he was invited by his landlord, Patrick Miller, to go out on Dalswinton Loch in a small experimental steamboat.
This model of the steamboat with its two masts, two paddle wheels, two rudders and funnel was made by James G Jeffs, a notable local artist/craftsman and a former curator of Dumfries Museum.
The boat, which was fitted with an engine designed by William Symington was the first paddle propelled steamboat in the world, and Robert Burns was one of its first passengers. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Dumfries & Galloway Council - Nithsdale Museums | Temporal: | 1788-01-01 - 1788-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | The Dalswinton steamboat | Go to resource |
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