Kildare is an un-powered butty boat constructed with wrought iron sides and an elm bottom.

She was built for Fellows Morton & Clayton around 1913 by Braithwaite & Kirk of West Bromwich to be towed behind a powered craft like President.

She is complete with a fully fitted boatman's living cabin and traditional covering cloths over the main hold area.

The boat is maintained and operated by Friends of President on behalf of the Black Country Living Museum.

[2] In 1992 she paired with President on a 257-mile journey through Cheshire and Staffordshire to raise money for orphaned children in Romania.