Lars Josefsson | Steamship Unterwalden

Steamship Unterwalden from Lucerne

Steamship-Unterwalden-moored
Built in 1902 by Escher Wyss, Zürich
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW
Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
  62 13.7 1.58 353 300.5 478 14
Three pass boiler, with one oil fired furnace.
Compound engine with Gooch valve-gear.

Steamship Unterwalden moored front view Paddle Steamer Unterwalden front view.


The engine room onboard Paddle Steamer Unterwalden

Steamship Unterwalden boiler burner
Paddle Steamer Unterwalden's boiler and its burner.

Steamship Unterwalden boiler superheater control
Paddle Steamer Unterwalden's boiler with the actuator for the steam superheater contol.


Steamship Unterwalden engine crankshaft
The compound steam engine's crankshaft.

Steamship Unterwalden engine barring-gear
Paddle Steamer Unterwalden engine. Leftmost is the feedwater pump, in the middle is the green air pump and under the red cover to the right is the barring 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.