Steamship Lötschberg

Paddle Steamer Lötschberg
from Interlaken Ost
Steamship Lötschberg moored in Interlaken Ost
Built in 1914 by Escher Wyss, Zürich
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
  56.5 12.6 1.18 315 255 243.5 13
One three pass fire tube boiler, with one oil fired furnaces. 11 bar.
Compound engine with Gooch valve-gear.

Steamship Lötschberg starbord side
Paddle Steamer Lötschberg moored.

The engine room onboard Paddle Steamer Lötschberg

Three pass fire tube boiler
Paddle Steamer Lötschberg three pass fire tube boiler.


Steam engine's crankshaft
The compound steam engine's crankshaft.


Steam engines maneuvering place
The steam engines maneuvering place.

Gooch valve-gear
Gooch valve-gear

Gooch valve-gear is very similar to Stephenson link-motion. The only difference is that the quadrant is fixed to the centre position by means of a link and an intermediate link between slide-valve-rod and quadrant can be moved to let either of the eccentric-rods actuate the slide-valve-rod via the intermediate link.

 Gooch valve-gear

© 2011 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.