Quadruple expansion launch steam engine of the condensing type

Made:: 1898 in Dartmouth

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Quadruple expansion launch steam engine of the condensing type, designed for use with a water tube boiler, on wood feet, by Simpson Strickland and Co. Ltd., Portsmouth, c. 1898

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Category:: Marine Engines

Object Number:: 1910-38

Materials:: wood (unidentified), steel (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy), copper (alloy) and asbestos

Measurements:: overall: 950 mm x 550 mm x 690 mm,

type:: engine -power producing equipment and steam engine - engine

credit:: Rowe, M.R.

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Quadruple expansion launch steam engine of the condensing type

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