Steamboat Alma

Steamboat Alma af Stafre
Steamship Alma sailing
Built in 1873 at Södra Varfvet, Stockholm
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
SFC-2879 17.27 3.78 1.70     59  
Water tube boiler
Compound steam engine with Stephenson's link-motion.

 

The engine room onboard Steamboat Alma af Stafre
Steamboat Alma compound steam engine.
The steam chests at each end of the engine is very typical for engines with Stephenson's link-motion.
 Compound steama engine

© 2010 Lars Josefsson  Steamesteem in a computerized worldStill sailing steamships with steam engines and steam boilers