Asquith
Diamond
- Joined
- Mar 3, 2005
- Location
- Somerset, UK
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This is the SS Moyie, preserved in the friendly little town of Kaslo on Lake Kootenay, British Columbia, on where it went about its business from 1898 to 1957.
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Port cylinder
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'Pitman' (connecting rod)
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Starboard side
The machinery is very simple. Simple expansion, non-condensing, two cylinder engine.
The piston valves are worked by Stephensons (or similar) link motion. A third eccentric works additional piston valves on top of the main ones, presumably to vary the cut-off. I failed to note how the actual cut-off alteration was made, although it looks as though the valves' operating lever would have to be manually repositioned on the vertical bar in the middle of photo #5 (to follow). Wrong! See post #3.
This is the SS Moyie, preserved in the friendly little town of Kaslo on Lake Kootenay, British Columbia, on where it went about its business from 1898 to 1957.
2
Port cylinder
3
'Pitman' (connecting rod)
4
Starboard side
The machinery is very simple. Simple expansion, non-condensing, two cylinder engine.
The piston valves are worked by Stephensons (or similar) link motion. A third eccentric works additional piston valves on top of the main ones, presumably to vary the cut-off. I failed to note how the actual cut-off alteration was made, although it looks as though the valves' operating lever would have to be manually repositioned on the vertical bar in the middle of photo #5 (to follow). Wrong! See post #3.
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