The Steamboating Forum

I had an old friend back in the 80s named John Duffy. He built the SL Lady Ann, power was a Stanley engine. I lost contact and haven't heard from him and his wife Ann in years. They used to winter here in Florida every year. I think they were from Delaware. I was wondering if anyone out there knows ...

Thanks for the input Ron, that is what I was hopping for. The story is that this engine was built in 1968 and used in an alternative energy project at a south Florida college. After the project was over the system was disasembled and sold at action. I traded a 25 HP Reid oil field engine for it that...

Sorry, I forgot to post pictures of the engine in question.

It has been covered up in the corner of the garage for about six years.

Sorry the pix are too big... What I don't know about pictures and computers would fill a really big book.

Alan

Hello everyone. I have been lurking here for a while and I thought an introduction should be in order. I have been a steamboater for a while but have been out of the circuit for a long time. Back in the 70s, 80s, and 90s I had a full service welding and machine shop and I had access to all the machi...