Castletown Steam Navigation Company Castletown Steam Navigation Company The Castletown Steam Navigation Company - also referred to as the Castletown Steam Packet Company - was a privately owned maritime transportation company incorporated in the Isle of Man. Its registered office was in Castletown, Isle of Man. By 1858 the company had run into significant financial difficulties which ultimately led to the sale of its vessel, the "Ellan Vannin," and the winding up of the company. Commencing operations in August 1854 the company was formed to provide maritime transportation of cargo and passengers from the Isle of Man primarily to Whitehaven, Cumberland and the Port
Castletown, Isle of Man of the town and island are illustrated in four Manx National Heritage sites in the centre of Castletown: Castle Rushen, the Nautical Museum (in the secret passage-filled home of inventor, politician, banker and probable smuggler George Quayle), the Old Grammar School (originally a church from AD 1200) and the Old House of Keys. Fishing boats still go out to fish from the harbour. Commercial traffic to the port ended in the 1970s, although there has been an ongoing expansion of financial and industrial businesses in the area. The first telephones appeared in Castletown in 1901. Castletown is, along with Douglas,