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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  
Scotch fire tube boiler with one furnaces.
Single cylinder steam engine with Stephenson's link-motion and an expansion slide valve.

Freja af Fryksta
Steamship Freja loade with turists for a voyage on the lake Fryken.

 

The engine room onboard Steamship Freja af Fryken

Fire tube boiler
Steamship Freja fire tube boiler with one furnace

 

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

 

Slide valve rod and expansion slide rodDetails of the famous engine onboard Steamship Freja.
The back side of the steam engine with Stephenson's link-motion and the expansion 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

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