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This paddle steamboat is propelled by two paddle wheels, one on each side,
driven by a two-cylinder steam engine. The steamboat Hjejlen is the oldest
paddle steamboat still in operation in her original form.
The engine room onboard Steamboat Hjejlen
The coal fired steam boiler and the furnace door onboard the steamboat Hjejlen.
The steam engine crankshaft, with the exentrics for the Stephenson link-motion.
The steam engine manoeuvring place with the wheel for reversal of the eccentric
motion.
The steam chest with the slide valve for one of the pistons is visible just
below the reversal wheel.
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