Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), July 1909, p. 185

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, c : : r July, 1909 THE MARINE REVIEW | || Grating Dynamo Deck 5 Seacock for Main and Pony Feed Pumps and Injector Suctlons as - rk 2 2'Steam to Main and Pony Feed Pumps 2 Steam to Rev. Eng. Sanitary Aft Deck Engs and Sanitary, Pump Suction from Sea at 5' Seacock Discharge " to Sanitary and Cooler Systems 8 Main Seacock See Boiler Piping Plan for Arrangement of Feed Pumps and Piping 20 Exh. 3 "Redusin 'Valve e Co-Fan No,7 AEng, « 10 Automatic Exh. Relief Valve a 'Looking at No.31 Main Fr Steam Sh atin ae | kel: ing ~~ Hatchway _ Deck House k af" | _4'0" | Grating Grating a net ae | -- \ ak " 2 Tap for Heater Drains 4 Pump Suctivn , 8 Main Int.Seacock 8 Reducing Valve = 14" By-P. oe 'y- Pass pene 2'Steam to Syphon' Dynamo Eng, and Seaceck Looking Aft. at No.39 MARINE REVIEW GeneRat ARRANGEMENT IN eee Room, W. A. MeGowiee. es ing apparatus will enable her to make these sharp turns in quicker time than would otherwise be possible. The steamer on completion was put Moving Hand Lever to Position "A" Opens Pressure to Nozzle "'A" Moving to "B" Opens Pressure to Nozzle "'B" house gear, 'supplied by the Queen A City Engineering Works, Buffalo, N. Y. In addition to this, for the pur- pose of maneuvering the boat at a fire when without headway, a jet steering apparatus is fitted consisting of a spe- cial hydraulic valve fitted near the stern and operated by hydraulic con- nection from the pilot house. By this apparatus a 4-in. stream of water un- der the same pressure as the fire main, can be discharged from either side 4. or 5 ft. below the water line, the ef- fect being to swing the boat v.. her own axis. This apparatus can also \ be used when the steamer is under way to assist the ordinary gear in swing- ing her quickly around sharp turns. She will have to maneuver in extreme- ] On trial these boilers. supplied steam to the fire pumps at their full ee without any 'effort. The steering apparatus consists of a combined hydraulic and hand pilot Exhaust aq St. Pipe 4g"Steel Pipe Pressure 3¢'Steel Pipe 3¢'Steel Pipe. 4'Special 3 Way Valve j 4 Pipes connected to to Operating Valve An Pilot House, A Operating Valve to be placed in Pilot House on Stanchion's Aft of Steam Steering Eng. Top of Lever to be about 4-0 from Floor. Run Pipes Aft to Special 3 Way Valve * ly limited spaces, as it is the intention to construct tunnels through the ore docks in order to avoid the necessity of going entirely around the end of the dock in order to reach the other slip, It is expected that this jet steer- Line through an exhaustive series of trials 'both as a sea-going craft and as a fire fighting machine. Her first trip on the lakes was in the teeth of a 66- 50 Out . Stringer here 4'Switching Valve ' MariNE REVIEW

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