Lars Josefsson. Steamesteem

Steamship Motala Express from Motala
Steamship Motala Express from Motala
Built in 1895 at F. G. Sandwalls Mekaniska Verkstad, Munksjön Sweden
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
SFOD 35.67 6.63 3.00 249 94 265 14
Scotch fire tube boiler with two furnaces. 11 bar
Triple expansion steam engine with Stephenson's link-motion.

Steamship Motala Express at quay in Motala
Steamship Motala Express at quay in Motala
Hydraulically driven bow- and stern-thrusters have been installed onbord the steamship.
The steamship is called "Vätterns fånge", the prisoner of the lake Vättern, since she is four meter longer than the locks in the canal leading out from the lake.

 

The engine room onboard Steamship Motala Express

Steamship Motala Express Scotch fire tube boiler
The steam boiler onboard the steamship Motala Express is fired up by means of two small light oil burners.
The boiler is coal fired. The light oil burners are merely used to ignite the coal.

 

Steamship Motala Express Marine steam engine
The steamships triple expansion steam engine's maneuvering place and one of the boiler's furnaces.

Steamship Motala Express from Motala

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