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U.S. Engineers Prop Towboat Inspector
| 题名： | U.S. Engineers Prop Towboat Inspector |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | DAVID SMITH |
| 摘要： | The Charles Ward Engineering Works, Charleston, W.Va., had experienced success with building tunnel-stern, propeller-driven towboats such as the James Rumsey of 1903 and the A.M. Scott of 1906.' In 1915 the U.S. Engineer Department contracted with Ward for the construction of a new boat of this design and propulsion. The boat had a steel hull that measured 144 by 30 feet and had a hull depth of 5.5 feet. The triple-expansion steam engines were 10's, 15-1/2's, 25-5/8's-18-inch stroke. There is no mention found of the original boilers, but they were probably of Ward design and manufacture. As with the prior boats, the cabins and pilothouse were of wood construction. The new vessel, named Inspector, looked like a traditional steamboat with full cabins, a tall pilothouse on the roof and two tall smokestacks situated forward. The exception was the absence of a sternwheel. The Inspector was assigned to the Memphis District of the Engineer Department. Way's Steam Towboat Directory notes that the boat played the part of the Royal Barge in the annual Cotton Carnival at Memphis for many years. Way's also says that Capt. Russell R. Randolph was a longtime master of the Inspector and that Capt. Howard Fenton was a pilot aboard for some years. |
| 出版年： | 2023 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 137 |
| 期： | 3 |
| 页码： | 34,33 |
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