The original Vulcan was scrapped in 1873, by which time canals had been superseded by railways as the fastest way to transport large numbers of people over long distances, but this replica was built in 1987 by apprentices at a shipyard in Govan. It's now housed in the Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life in Coatbridge.
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This is a replica of the Vulcan, the world's first all-iron hulled boat. It was designed to carry passengers to and from Glasgow along the Forth and Clyde Canal. Launched in 1819, it was pulled by two shire horses and could carry up to 200 people, and helped turn the canal in Scotland's first mass transit system.
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