Archive for: September 2010

30/09/2010

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Filed under: River - 30 Sep 2010
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09apr03_239

Automatikus szénszállítás a kocsiból a kazánba – a mozdony étvágyával fűtők nem bírtak volna… A világ legnagyobb gőzmozdonya a Union Pacific vasúttársaság Big Boy artikulált (csuklós) 4-8-8-4 tengelyelrendezésű mozdonya. A 4006-os sorszámú Big Boy a St. Louis-i Közlekedési Múzeumban. Szemben a Steamtown-ban látottal, ez sokkal jobb állapotú és be is …

21/09/2010

Mound city national cemetery

Filed under: Island - 21 Sep 2010

Mound city national cemetery

Mound City National Cemetery is located in Pulaski County, approximately one mile from Mound City, Ill. This area was the home of large naval shipyards that provided warships to the Union’s Mississippi Squadron during the Civil War. The Mississippi Squadron was composed of 80 vessels including the famous ironclads USS …

18/09/2010

Sept3 solar02.jpg

Filed under: All - 18 Sep 2010

Sept3 solar02.jpg

Eric Harmann (left) and Joe Rice (blue shirt, partially obscured) bend a plank as Kyle Weisman screws it into place on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Solar Decathlon house during a late-night construction session on Sept. 3. The Solar Decathlon house is being sided with bent wood planks. Before the planks …

13/09/2010

The denny ship model experiment tank -7

Filed under: River - 13 Sep 2010

The denny ship model experiment tank -7

A ship model experiment tank, used for testing models of hulls and propellers to see how their full-sized equivalents would behave The tank and its equipment were originally built in 1882. An extension was built after the Second World War, to house propeller testing equipment and staff It was the …

09/09/2010

Gearing from the turbine steamer “hantonia”

Filed under: River - 09 Sep 2010

Gearing from the turbine steamer

The double-skew gearing from a geared steam turbine installation The vessel in which this was installed was the ‘Hantonia’, a cross-channel vessel. The vessel was completed in 1911( www.flickr.com/photos/scottishmaritimemuseum/5345857575/i… ) It was built by Alexander Stephen and Sons of Linthouse for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. The vessel …