Lars Josefsson. Steamboats

Swedish Steamboats


Steamboat Gerda from Eskilstuna

Steamship Gerda
Built in 1865 at Lindholmens Varv, Gothenburg Sweden
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW
Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
SFC-4960 13.55 3.10 1.00     12  
Fire tube boiler with one furnace. 8 bar.
Single cylinder steam engine with Stephenson's link-motion. 180 rpm

Steamboat Gerda from Eskilstuna
Steamboat Gerda waiting for next voyage.

 

The engine onboard Steamboat Gerda

Steam boiler
The steamboat Gerda's steam boiler.

 

Single cylinder steam engine
The steamboats single cylinder steam engine.


Steamboat Gerda from Eskilstuna

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