The Steamship Skjelskør was delivered to the owner
"Dampskibsselskabet Skjelskør" immediately after the trial
trip and put in service on the route between the city Skjelskør and the
islands Agersø and Omø.
The engine room onboard Steamship Skjelskør
The Steamship is provided with a Scotch fire tube boiler with one coal fired
furnace.
The steamship engine. Note the curved rods.
Klug's valve-gear
Klug's valve-gearhas a horizontal eccentric rod suspended in a pendulum and the
eccentric rods end is by means of a link connected to the slide valve rod.
Changing the pendulums suspension point changes the engine's rotation.
The top of the Steamship Skjelskør compound engine and the red-painted
main steam pipe.
