Lars Josefsson | Steamship Schiller

Steamship Schiller from Lucerne

Steamship Schiller moored
Built in 1906 by Sulzer Brothers, Winterthur
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW
Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
  62.2 14.3 1.63 387.37 319.87 515 15
Three pass boiler, with one oil fired furnace.
Compound engine with Gooch valve-gear.

Steamship Schiller in the mistPaddle steamer Schiller in the mist.


The engine room onboard Paddle Steamer Schiller

Steamship Schiller boiler
Paddle Steamer Schiller's boiler and its burner behind the red cover.


Steamship Schiller compound engine
Steamship Schiller compound engine's cylinders.


Steamship Schiller valve-gear linkage
Steamship Schiller's Gooch valve-gear linkage.


Steamship Schiller duplex pump Paddle Steamer Schiller duplex pump. This is not the most common type of duplex pump!

© 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.