Lars Josefsson. Steamesteem

Steamboat Herbert from Alingsås
Steamboat Herbert from Alingsås
Built in 1905 at Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad, Gothenburg
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
SFC-2748 15.30 3.62 1.60 16 4 33 8.5
Scotch fire tube boiler with one furnace. 8 bar
Compound steam engine with Hackworth's valve-gear.

Steamboat Herbert departing

 

The engine room onboard Steamboat Herbert

Scotch marine steam boiler
The coal fired Scotch fire-tube boiler with one furnace.

 

Compound steam engine
Starboard side of the compound steam engine with its reversing link system. The rightmost lever is the reversing handle.

 

Hackworth's valve-gear Hackworth's valve-gear drawing
The Hackworth's valve-gear differs from the Klug's valve-gear in the way that the eccentric rod's suspension point, in stead of vacillate in a curve, moves to-and-fro in a straight line by means of a block sliding in a slotted guide.
Changing the angle of the guide rails changes the engine's rotation.
Hackworth's valve-gear was a precursor to Klug's valve-gear.

Steamboat Herbert from Alingsås

© 2007 Lars Josefsson  Steamesteem in a computerized world Still sailing steamboats with steam engines and steam boilers