Yello,
I recently came across this gritty picture labeled "Dodge Brothers' steam powered racing boat" on pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/573927546233410162/
If it is indeed a steam-powered speed boat, it is a very sleek implementation. There's no prominent smoke stack one would associate with steam launches. I couldn't find any sources about it. What I'm interested in is the steam plant in case it IS in fact a steam boat (I only have the label of the pinterest picture as a source)
Does anyone have any information about the steam plant of this boat?
IS there any intel about the Dodge steam speed boat?
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IS there any intel about the Dodge steam speed boat?
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Re: IS there any intel about the Dodge steam speed boat?
Pretty sure that pic is mislabeled. Horace Dodge? did own a steam yacht.
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Re: IS there any intel about the Dodge steam speed boat?
They did build some amazing steam boats.
See https://www.google.com/books/edition/T ... rontcover .
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See https://www.google.com/books/edition/T ... rontcover .
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Re: IS there any intel about the Dodge steam speed boat?
Oh yes. one of them is now named the SS Delphine I think and it has been restored and is looking as shiny and luxurious as the art deco era ever was. To my knowledge, they were the only private users of a quadruple-expansion steam engine (I have to correct myself. There are in fact quadruple launch engines on the steam boat register). Here's a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP7GVjnTjz4
The italian text is just standard explanation. Nothing new for steam enthusiasts. The ship is a really, really beautiful gatsby'esque footnote.
But I was actually hoping for some information about the small boat. But DetroiTug, you might be right. It just looks very much like a vintage ic-engine speed boat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP7GVjnTjz4
The italian text is just standard explanation. Nothing new for steam enthusiasts. The ship is a really, really beautiful gatsby'esque footnote.
But I was actually hoping for some information about the small boat. But DetroiTug, you might be right. It just looks very much like a vintage ic-engine speed boat.
the arduino version steam engine indicator: https://app.box.com/s/b2i0z3gw6ny3rcfdet5xjg8ubrfu799i - app version coming soon
Excuse my occasional long response time. It's caused by the side effects from ptsd.
Excuse my occasional long response time. It's caused by the side effects from ptsd.