Hello Steamboaters
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:50 am
Fred Rosse, back again on this very good website.
A bit of my history:
Born 1946
Totally taken with STEAM ENGINES 1954
Merchant Marine 1967, steamship "Texaco Georga"
Various US Army Steam-Electric Dredges, 1964-1968
Drexel University, Mechanical Engineer BSME 1969
Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Nuclear Submarine Design 1969 - 1972
Commercial Nuclear Steam Power Plants Design 1972 - 1989
Coal Fired Commercial Steam Power Plants Design, 1990 to present.
Built first Steamboat 15 ft, I/O drive, Propane Fired 2003
Steamboat Burned up in fire when 13,000 Volt power line came down on it. 2005
Building final steamboat now, a 20 foot sidewheeler, traditional American walking beam engine.
A bit of my history:
Born 1946
Totally taken with STEAM ENGINES 1954
Merchant Marine 1967, steamship "Texaco Georga"
Various US Army Steam-Electric Dredges, 1964-1968
Drexel University, Mechanical Engineer BSME 1969
Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Nuclear Submarine Design 1969 - 1972
Commercial Nuclear Steam Power Plants Design 1972 - 1989
Coal Fired Commercial Steam Power Plants Design, 1990 to present.
Built first Steamboat 15 ft, I/O drive, Propane Fired 2003
Steamboat Burned up in fire when 13,000 Volt power line came down on it. 2005
Building final steamboat now, a 20 foot sidewheeler, traditional American walking beam engine.