The Lagan
Ship Number
112
Vessel Type
Barge
Built
Belfast
Launch Date
12 February 1876
Delivered
22 February 1876
Owner
A. Guinness & Sons
Weight
55 grt
BP Length
80 feet
Breadth
15-6 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
Propulsion
6 nhp Compound Inverted 2 Cy by McIlwaine& Lewis, Belfast.
Official No.
Registered
Fate
Sank
 The Lagan

[Typical Guinness Barge "The Slaney "]

Sadly none of the lovely old craft survive. Two of them The Killiney and The Lagan, at the end of their working lives in the 1970s, were stripped of all useful equipment and sunk as foundations for new quays.
A portion of The Killiney can still be seen above water at Ballyginniff Point on the eastern shore of the Lough, 14 miles from Toomebridge. The Lagan's last resting place is in Sandy Bay near Lurgan.  You might still see the side of her.
The first Ginness barge built was the The Lagan.
All of the Guinness barges were named after rivers.