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An Early Diesel Boat With a Long Career
| 题名： | An Early Diesel Boat With a Long Career |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | DAVID SMITH |
| 摘要： | As the true age of diesel towboats was dawning in the late 1920s, just a few shipyards were building larger tow-boats of that type. Charles Ward Engineering Works at Charleston, W.Va., was an early proponent of the twin-screw diesel line-haul boats, as evidenced by the Geo. T. Price of 1925 and the W.A. Shepard of 1927, both built for the W.C. Kelly Barge Line. Nashville Bridge Company, Nashville, Tenn., had also become known for its diesel craft, and in 1929 turned out one that was very similar to the two successful Ward boats. The boat was built for Central Sand & Gravel Company of Memphis, Tenn. It had a steel hull with dimensions of 120 by 26 feet and was powered by a pair of direct-reversing Fairbanks-Morse engines with a total of 720 hp. There was a single cabin and a slightly elevated pilothouse, outfitted with multi-paned window sash above that. Large skylight vents over the en-gineroom were behind the pilothouse, followed by two high steamboat-style smokestacks. The rest of the roof had a traditional cabin skylight over it. |
| 出版年： | 2024 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 137 |
| 期： | 41 |
| 页码： | 14,13 |
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