Paddle Steamer Alexander Arbuthnot - 10HP
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2022 11:24 pm
I had thought before, why not take a steam traction engine, and throw it on a boat?
I just found an example of exactly this!
A "Portable" steam engine is a precursor to the Steam Traction engine. Because they weren't self propelled, horses usually towed them to work locations.
They took a 10 hp Ruston and Hornsby Portable Steam Engine and threw it onto a barge!
Published by youtube user "Peter Little" on Aug 4, 2019
Murray River Paddle Steamers
Not that's 10 HP! Look at the boat move....
-CB
I just found an example of exactly this!
A "Portable" steam engine is a precursor to the Steam Traction engine. Because they weren't self propelled, horses usually towed them to work locations.
They took a 10 hp Ruston and Hornsby Portable Steam Engine and threw it onto a barge!
Published by youtube user "Peter Little" on Aug 4, 2019
Murray River Paddle Steamers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gyT8okcBq0A recent trip on the PS Alexander Arbuthnot from Port Echuca along the Murray River. The PS Alexander Arbuthnot was built as a barge in 1916 and converted to a paddle steamer in 1923. She is powered by a 10 hp Ruston and Hornsby Steam Engine.
Not that's 10 HP! Look at the boat move....
-CB
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