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Swedish Steamships

Steamship Blidösund from Norrtälje
Steamship Blidösund

Built in 1911 at Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad, Gothenburg Sweden
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
SDKG 35.29 6.91 2.73 218 102 295 11
Scotch fire tube boiler with three coal fired furnaces.
Compound steam engine with Flodman's valve-gear.
Steamship Blidösund at quay in Stockholm
Steamship Blidösund tied up at a quay in Stockholm.

 

The engine room onboard Steamship Blidösund

Steam boiler onboard Steamship Blidösund
Coal fired Scotch fire tube boiler with three furnaces.
The stoker is banking up the furnace, i.e., he packs embers and coals tight together so they don't burn but smoulder. Next morning there will be sufficient live coal to start up the fire again.

 

Steam engine with Flodmans valve-gear
The reciprocating compound steam engine onboard the Steamship Blidösund.
The crosshead and the connecting rod for the high pressure piston and also eccentric sheaves and valve-gear for both pistons.
The Flodman's valve-gear works very much like the Klug's valve-gear.


Steamship Blidösund from Norrtälje

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