Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
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STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: B. Knell. [?])
Area: Lake Zurich (Switzerland).
HULLOpen launch
Built c1880.
LOA: 25', Beam: 5'.
Clinker larch on oak keel
White, blue topstrake, brown deck. Believed built in Great Britain.
ENGINECompound, 2½" + 5" x 4".
Valve(s): pv, Gear: SLRG.
Engine driven 3½:1 air pump and fp, 300 rpm, Kcond, placed forward of boiler.
BOILERThornycroft type 2-drum WT.
Built 1880 (?).
Fuel: kerosene, Pressure: 216 psi, Heating Area: 45 sqft.
Believed built in GB, 80 copper tubes .5/8" od, total length 288', screwed connections to drums. Bronze steam drum 8¼" dia x 25½" long, 2½ gal/hr consumption, hs .
PROP3 blades, bronze, 20" x 35".
Shaft: steel.
HISTORYOriginally on River Thames, England, purchased by Escher Wyss 1895 from a French owner named CHARLOTTE, later owned by their chief engineer W. Reitz. Owned M. Knell 1934-73. Ref: Funnel 17. Steamed regularly. Oldest original steam vessel still in operation in Switzerland.
Switzerland
 
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(Owner) Lake Zurich

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