1
Simple exp.
1 cyl.
Prim. engine
6 / 10h.p.
Price $800
1873
1884
24
#11p Fire Brand, #12p Crest, #14p Vision, #15p Gem, #16p Spray, #18p Spit Fire, #19p Centennial, #21p [Open yacht machinery in middle], #22p [Open yacht machinery in middle], #23p Wasp, #28p No. 5, #29p Coquina, #34p Eleanor, #36p [Open steam yacht], #38p Puck, #37p Waif, #57p [Launch for N. Y. Coast Survey], #58p [Launch for N. Y. Coast Survey], #61p Waterwitch, #66p Kauplius, #68p Fish Hawk Jr., #70p [Launch for U.S.S. Essex], #108p Thetis [Greely relief expedition], #109p Cub [Greely relief expedition]
"3 1/2 x 7in [Cylinder Dia.]; 2ft x 4 1/4 [Boiler]; 6 [Horse Power]; 22lbs [Consumption of coal per hour]; 275 [Revolution of propeller per min.]; 2 1/4 x 3 1/2ft [Floor space of Boiler and Engine]; 4 3/4ft [Height over all]; $800 [Price of Machinery Including Propeller]." (Source: Steam engine description in Brown, Charles G. (Herreshoff Agent, creator). "The Herreshoff Steam Yachts and Yacht Machinery." Leaflet. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. HMM Library Rare Books Room (Box 1), Folder [no #]. No date (early 1870s ??).)
"Diameter of Cylinder 3.5in.; Stroke 7in.; Max. Rev. per Min. 343; Max. Steam Pres. per Sq. Inch. 140lbs.; Max. Horse Power 10. [Fitted] with feed pumps, with or without air pumps and regulators. Complete brass casing for cylinders." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Data from 'Descriptive List of Plain, Single & Double Engines, for Portable, Stationary or Marine Use' on Printed Advertising Leaflet titled 'Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, R.I. Sole Manufacturers of the Patent Safety Coil Boiler, Builders of Steam Vessels, Yachts, Launches, Portable, Stationary and Marine Engines, Pumps, Propeller Wheels and Safety Valves'. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection, Acc. no. 86.228A. HMM Library Rare Books Room (Box 1), Folder [no #]. No date, ca1879??.)
"A 'Herreshoff 3 1/2 x 7 slide valve steam engine' was listed in the 1924 auction catalog when HMCo was auctioned off." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. July 31, 2021.)
| Note | "3 1/2 x 7in [Cylinder Dia.]; 2ft x 4 1/4 [Boiler]; 6 [Horse Power]; 22lbs [Consumption of coal per hour]; 275 [Revolution of propeller per min.]; 2 1/4 x 3 1/2ft [Floor space of Boiler and Engine]; 4 3/4ft [Height over all]; $800 [Price of Machinery Including Propeller]." (Source: Steam engine description in Brown, Charles G. (Herreshoff Agent, creator). "The Herreshoff Steam Yachts and Yacht Machinery." Leaflet. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection. HMM Library Rare Books Room (Box 1), Folder [no #]. No date (early 1870s ??).)
"Diameter of Cylinder 3.5in.; Stroke 7in.; Max. Rev. per Min. 343; Max. Steam Pres. per Sq. Inch. 140lbs.; Max. Horse Power 10. [Fitted] with feed pumps, with or without air pumps and regulators. Complete brass casing for cylinders." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Data from 'Descriptive List of Plain, Single & Double Engines, for Portable, Stationary or Marine Use' on Printed Advertising Leaflet titled 'Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, R.I. Sole Manufacturers of the Patent Safety Coil Boiler, Builders of Steam Vessels, Yachts, Launches, Portable, Stationary and Marine Engines, Pumps, Propeller Wheels and Safety Valves'. Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection, Acc. no. 86.228A. HMM Library Rare Books Room (Box 1), Folder [no #]. No date, ca1879??.)
"A 'Herreshoff 3 1/2 x 7 slide valve steam engine' was listed in the 1924 auction catalog when HMCo was auctioned off." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. July 31, 2021.) |
