Millard County Chronicle | 1926-02-25 | Page 6 | First Iron Vessels

First Iron Vessels Vessel It Is not recorded who first discovered discovered ered that an Iron vessel would float oat as easily as a woo wooden one It Is recorded that an Iron boat was built and launched on the River Foss In la York Yorkshire Yorkshire Yorkshire shire England as early as 1777 1771 but the date of ot the Invention of Iron as a recognized material for tor ship constructIon construction construction tion Is often given gl as 1818 when the lighter Vulcan was built on the Monkland Monkland Monk Monk- land canal near Glasgow Glaslow Scotland