Steam Boat Association (GB)

	The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain Member's Book Stall
*Publisher's description*

STEAMBOATS & MODERN STEAM LAUNCHES by Bill Durham, Editor

A reprint in one volume of the original magazine that ran 1961-63. Printed from original negatives on coated stock. Plus new Intro by Durham.

"This book reeks of hot oil, escaping steam, and small boats at their best."
- Peter Spectre, Mariner's Catalog

"The bible of steamboat enthusiasts... lavishly illustrated with photos, drawings, diagrams"
- Blll Mueller, Steamboating Magazine

Steamboats & Modern Steam Launches is the handbook for building a steam-powered boat. It shows how to gather the necessary equipment, and how to re-capture the uncluttered simplicity of personal watercraft from the steam age. Essential information is also here for restoring and operating other types of steam machinery-farm, stationary, electric power generation, etc.

No library should be without it. Its tough reinforced cloth cover and sewn binding is reminiscent of gilded 19th century handbooks.

The Golden Age of Marine Steam in one volume:

steam engines,
firetube boilers,
watertube boilers,
electrical generation,
boiler firing,
steam power rating,
steam gauges,
injectors,
paddle wheels,
water treatment,
wood fuel,
oil burners,

propellers,
lubrication,
piston valves,
sternwheelers,
side-wheelers,
tugboats,
navy cutters,
hot air engines,
naphtha engines,
steam outboards,
whistle making,
steam lights,

pumps,
salvage,
speed steam,
log towing,
restoring old engines,
hull building,
Venezia vaporetti,
Swiss lake boats,
Mississippi machinery,
conversions,
insulation,
models.

ISBN 0-9641204-3-7, 6½" x 9½", hard cover, 698 pages, 800+ B&W photos and line drawings, indexed. Publisher's price $59-95

About the Publisher

Boat House, formerly Elliott Bay Press, is part of Elliott Bay Steam Launch Co., manufacturer of technically and historically correct steam engines, boilers, hulls, plans, propellers, for the builder who wishes to rediscover the Victorian-Era steam launch. Elliott Bay is sharing the best of its research library with this third volume of the Elliott Bay Classics series.

Elliott Bay Press
6744 SE 36th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97202

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Created: March 2000. Updated: 03 March 2000.