Improvements relating to Boats, Ships, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 21st May, 1802
Complete Specification Left, 13th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 15th Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Boats, Ships, and the like.
I, OCTAVIUS DIXIE DEACON, of 150 Leadenhall Street, in the City of London,
Advertisement Contractor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as.
follows:-
:-
My invention relates to boats, ships and the like, and provides for the construction
and arrangement thereof in such a manner that they can be moved or hauled upon
land, besides being capable of travelling by water in the ordinary manner.
In carrying out my said invention I apply to the sides or bottom of the vessel,
wheels on which the said vessel can be moved along the road or upon rails laid
thereon, either by horse traction or any other suitable propelling power provided
for ordinary land vehicles.
In the case of a steam-ship fitted with wheels in the manner above mentioned the
power provided for propelling such steamship upon water may be utilized, by
means of a crank fitted upon the axle of the running wheels or by other suitable
mechanical devices, to move the said ship upon land.
At present, when passengers or goods have to be transported or carried upon land
and by sea or river, it is necessary for the passengers to change vehicles in order to
proceed to their destination, and the cargo has to be transferred from the barge
or boat in which it was carried across the sea or by river to the railway waggons
or other vehicles designed to carry it overland. This entails much trouble on the
part of passengers and also necessitates frequent handling of the cargo, which is
costly and moreover often results in loss or damage to the same.
By my invention 1 obviate these inconveniences and save much valuable time.
Moreover by my invention the necessity for boats to pass through canal locks may
be avoided as it will be only necessary to transfer the barge or steam ship from one
side of the lock to the other on land.
Dated this 21st day of May 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Boats, Ships, and the like.
I OCTAVIUS DIXIE DEACON of 150 Leadenhall Street in the City of London,
Advertising Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has reference primarily to canal and river boats, barges and tugs
and mainly consists in constructing such vessels with wheels on their sides or
bottoms, supported upon axles placed through or under the said vessels.
Having stated the nature of the invention I will now describe a vessel in which
my invention is embodied.
On the outer sides of, or beneath, a vessel formed to float on water, are fixed
supports or bearings to carry axles, these axles passing through or under the vessel
and projecting sufficiently at each end to allow of flanged railway wheels or wheels
without flanges being affixed thereto the wheels may otherwise be fixed on the
vessel's sides or bottom, to fittings or bearings provided for the purpose, but without
the use of an axle. In any case where the wheel axles pass through the sides of a

page_text: vessel to be propelled by steam or other power, one or more of the axles may be a
crank axle, and by bringing the said power to bear upon it, the said vessel may be
propelled upon rails laid on an inclined plane with a geared rack or rail alongside
the rails bearing the weight, upon land, in a somewhat like way to an ordinary railway
locomotive. When the vessel thus fitted runs into the water from the land, the
motive power thereof is, by ordinary mechanical means shifted from the running or
driving wheel or wheels to a screw propeller shaft, and thus a means is provided for
moving the said vessel through the water as well as upon land.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The attaching of flanged or other wheels to boats barges, tugs or other vessels,
so that such vessels may travel either upon land or water, from the water up on
to the land or vice versa, thus enabling river and canal traffic to be continued up
on to the land, on rails, tramways or roads without shifting of cargo or passengers,
and vice versa, or the necessity of passing through locks.
Dated this Thirteenth day of February 1893.
OCTS. D. DEACON.