Ho for the river
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:25 pm
I am a stranger to this forum. Know only a little about steam engines. My experience maybe greater then I think. Back in the mid 1960's I was Curator of Man and His Bread Museum, at Utah State University, Logan, Utah At that time we had a inoperative Case steam tractor. Much late in the 1980's I was curator of the former Corps of Engineers Steam Dredge "Captain Meriwether Lewis" located on the bank of the Missouri River at Brownville, Nebraska. I have foregotten how many steam engines she had but around 30. a triple up and down for her main pump two compound horizontal popen valves for her side wheels. The was a turbine for her water jets and on her generators, the rest mainly had the sliding valves. She was built in 1932 by Marietta Manufacturing Co, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. She has Forster Wheeler water tube boilers. Her Sister was the "Capt Clark" changed to a cutter head and last I know was working in the Houston area. I left the boat in 1987. She is now open to the public on a unknown schedule. A similar dredge, the "William Black" is located in the ice harbor at Dubuque, Iowa.
My current Steamboat connection is not with engines but with the recording and genealogy of their personnel. I have access to upwards of a 100,000 names from deckhand to masters. And will do searches and genealogy for a small fee.
My current Steamboat connection is not with engines but with the recording and genealogy of their personnel. I have access to upwards of a 100,000 names from deckhand to masters. And will do searches and genealogy for a small fee.