Quadruple expansion launch steam engine of the condensing type

Made:
1898 in Portsmouth and Dartmouth
Quadruple Expansion Launch Engine

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Quadruple Expansion Launch Engine
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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

Details

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 690 mm x 500 mm,
type:
engine -power producing equipment and steam engine - engine
credit:
Rowe, M.R.