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The Beautiful Steamer Guiding Star
| 题名： | The Beautiful Steamer Guiding Star |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | KEITH NORRINGTON |
| 摘要： | Happy New Year! We begin the Old Boat Column for 2021 with a steamboat that took its name from the star of Bethlehem. The Guiding Star, a wood-hulled sidewheeler that was 300 feet in length by 41.5 feet in width, was built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1878. Five boilers supplied steam to engines that originally did service on the packet Robert Burns. This machinery was replaced in 1880 with larger engines, having 26-inch cylinders with an 8-foot stroke. The pad-dlewheels were 28 feet in diameter, working 14-foot bucket planks on 17 wheel arms. The boiler deck of the boat was 60 feet wide in front, with guards running back 165 feet on each side. The ornate cabin, with 50 staterooms, was 235 feet long with black walnut and birds-eye maple finish. Colonel Thompson Dean selected the furniture from New York. The cabin deck also contained the office, bar, pantry and barber shop. The texas deck was 108 feet long, with the captain's room (16 by 16) in front. At the after end of this deck were the crew quarters. The pilothouse was 14-foot square. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 134 |
| 期： | 40 |
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