Category: River

20/11/2010

Tattershall castle

Filed under: River - 20 Nov 2010

Tattershall castle

TCG Management Services Limited former London and North Eastern Railway paddle steamer TATTERSHALL CASTLE (built in 1934 by William Gray and Company of Hartlepool) moored by Victoria Embankment, London. Monday 8th March 2010

05/11/2010

Beached ss maheno

Filed under: River - 05 Nov 2010

Beached ss maheno

The word Maheno means ‘island’ in Maori, which is the native language of New Zealand. The Maheno was built in Scotland in 1904 and was the world’s first ever triple screw steamer, weighing a massive 5323 tonnes. It also held the blue ribbon in trans-atlantic crossing for several years after …

03/11/2010

Calliope concert on the natchez

Filed under: River - 03 Nov 2010

Calliope concert on the natchez

One day, I heard the unmistakable sound of a calliope floating over the French Quarter. Only when it was too late to get to the shore to see the concert did I realize it might just be a real one! I didn’t miss it the next day though. I’d been …

01/11/2010

The great big umbrella in the sky

Filed under: River - 01 Nov 2010

The great big umbrella in the sky

By the river Hooghly, on a rainy evening, colors in the sky, and a steamer crossing over.

04/10/2010

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Filed under: River - 04 Oct 2010

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The Yarmouth Belle seen here on the River Thames. Yarmouth Belle was built in 1892 for services in Norfolk. She was brought to the Thames in 1946 by H.G.Hastings of Kingston. In 1955 she passed to Thames Launches until 1971, and then Harbourside investments until 1978. After a year with …

30/09/2010

09apr03_239

Filed under: River - 30 Sep 2010

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 …

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 …

06/07/2010

Cigarette card – steamer brora

Filed under: River - 06 Jul 2010

Cigarette card - steamer brora

Mitchell’s, River & Coastal Steamers, 1925. No5 "Brora"