[SEL] FM boat engine

[Michael Young]

and F-M still makes boat engines, check this out...

http://www.fairbanksmorse.com/

Michael Young
5 Beech Crescent
Orange  NSW  2800
AUSTRALIA
http://community.webshots.com/user/mioldengines

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Allen" <transteck at earthlink.net>
To: "Oldengine list" <stationary-engine at oldengine.org>
Cc: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:15 PM
Subject: [SEL] FM boat engine


> Hi all,
> 
> Got this from another list and thought it worth sharing.
> 
> > Last summer we took our summer vacation in Burlington Vermont.  After 
> > a very nice week's stay in a local bed and breakfast, we decided to 
> > take the ferry across Lake Champlain to the New York side and drive 
> > south from there.  The Ferry ride was quite interesting.  This car 
> > carrying ferry is powered by an eight cylinder Fairbanks Morse two 
> > stroke diesel engine!   There is a pilot house on each end of the 
> > ferry. The engine drives the hull through a central drive shaft to the 
> > propellers , one at each end of the vessel.
> > The captain uses the old method of signaling the engine room with bell 
> > signals.   During the day when the ferry is in operation the engine is 
> > running continually.  When the ferry arrives at the dock it is kept 
> > running to keep it tight to the car ramp.  When ready to depart to the 
> > other side of the lake, the captain gives a couple of dings on the 
> > bell and the engineer reverses the engine!
> >
> > There was a plaque on the wall of the ferry describing the engine and 
> > it's age.  I think it was 1929 and also a typed note written next to 
> > the plaque asking for information on spare parts for this engine.
> >
> > During the trip I could stand at the door of the engine room an look 
> > down and watch the engineer turning a large hand wheel that controlled 
> > the throttle. 
> 
> Jeff
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Allen
> Arvada, Colorado, USA
> transteck at earthlink.net
> http://frapa.us/
> http://oldengine.org/members/allen/
> 
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