Steamship Färjan 4 from Gothenburg

SEID	20.55	5.35	2.10	48	20	45	7
Built in 1920 at Motala Verkstad, Motala Sweden
Call sign	Measures in meter			Tonnage		Engine kW	Speed Knots
Call sign	Length	Beam	Draught	Gross	Net	Engine kW	Speed Knots
Scotch fire tube boiler with one furnace. 9.5 bar
Compound engine with Stephenson's link-motion.

The engine room onboard Steamship Färjan 4

The scotch fire tube boiler
The coal fired scotch fire tube boiler onboard the Steamship Färjan 4.

Engine working at half ahed
The Steamship Färjan 4 compound engine running at half speed ahead.

Steamship Färjan 4 main engine.
The steamship engine's Stephenson's link-motion. The high pressure piston's eccentric rods and quadrant are visible on the picture as well as the slide valve rod. A similar set for the low pressure piston is installed at the after end of the engine.

© 2007 Lars Josefsson Steamesteem in a computerized world Still sailing steamships with steam engines and steam boilers.
Steamesteem means that I like steam boilers and steamships, paddle steamers as well as screw-propelled steamships.