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Swedish Steamships


Steamship Freja af Fryken from Fryksta
Steamship Freja

Built in 1869 Motala Mechaniska Werkstad
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW
Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
SHJI 20.26 4.15 1.5 36 11 11  
Fire tube boiler with one furnace
Single cylinder steam engine with Stephenson's link-motion and an expansion slide valve.

Freja af Fryksta

 

The engine room onboard Steamship Freja af Fryken

Fire tube boiler
Fire tube boiler with one furnace.

 

Singel cylinder steam engine
A front view of the single cylinder steam engine.
Motala Verkstad sent this 15 horsepower steam engine to the Paris World Exposition 1867 and won a gold medal. Later the engine was installed onboard Freja, at that time named Kalmarsund 3.

 

Slide valve rod and expansion slide rod

The back side of the steam engine with Stephenson's link-motion and the expansion slide valve rod.

To the left on the picture are the quadrant and the slide valve rod.
To the right is the expansion slide valve rod, linked from the quadrant.
The rightmost lever is used to adjust the expansion slide rod's length of stroke.

 

Steamship Freja af Fryken from Fryksta

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