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J&L Steel Experiments With Prop Towboats
| 题名： | J&L Steel Experiments With Prop Towboats |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | CAPT. DAVID SMITH |
| 摘要： | As mentioned in this column in the Marchl3 issue, the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (J&L) broke with tradition in 1931 and had two steam prop towboats built for them by the Charles Ward Engineering Works at Charleston, W. Va. The boats were owned by the Vesta Coal Company, a J&L subsidiary. The two boats, named Henry A. Laughlin and Vesta, had steel hulls that were 155.3 by 29.5 feet. The main deck cabin was of steel, and the upper cabin and pilothouse were of wood construction. A single smokestack was located behind the pilothouse. The boats had triple expansion condensing engines, 10s, 17s, 21-1/4 - 18 inch stroke, rated at 750 hp. The Babcock & Wilcox steam generators were coal fired. The boats would be utilized primarily between Pittsburgh and points on the Lower Mississippi River, and J&L would never build another stemwheeler. |
| 出版年： | 2023 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 136 |
| 期： | 49 |
| 页码： | 13-14 |
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