The magnificent FRANCE; that was later the cruise ship NORWAY; and most recently SS BLUE LADY, was on the breakers beach at Alang in August. Its demise had...
Hey Steamboaters. I am trying to locate the current whereabouts of a Side-wheel, paddle steamboat called TULE PRINCESS. This is the only current side wheeler...
... would ... Mack, The Tule Princess was sold and shipped on a truck to someone back in your neck of the woods. I seem to think it was in Wisconsin. David's ...
The former TULE PRINCESS(now called PRINCESS)resides on the Saginaw River in Bay City, Michigan. I last saw her in July of '05 and she was in fine condition....
... Hey Dick, thanks for getting in touch with me, much appreciation. I got another email indicating the TULE PRINCESS was most recently in Bay City, MI. I...
Hey Al, THANKS SO MUCH for the information and lead on TULE PRINCESS's whereabouts. It was most helpful and I was encouraged to find here looking so well as...
Hi Mack, Just a suggestion from many miles away...Live Steam magazine is based in Traverse City Mi, which going by Google maps is not all that far (80-100 ...
Here's some photos of her at Bay City which were passed on to me by Bill Worden, who writes the 'Keeping up Steam' column for Steamboat Bill magazine, There...
Thanks John, your suggestion is a good one. I'll look into the lead. Thanks! Mack ... _________________________________________________________________ Use...
Furthur to my last...Have you come across this page: http://www.boatnerd.com/trips/oldtrips/ismabc.htm. I think the raffle has closed now :) (2005) but the...
Thanks Alistair, your photos were very exciting. Can I get them in a larger format so that I might have more detail? Or, can you provide me with Bill ...
Are these any better? I will forward your email to Bill, who had gotten the photos from somebody else. There are 19 in all Alistair ... From: Mack Fox To:...
Yes, Alistair, much better, great at this end! I would be happy to see all ninteen if your able to attach them to one or several emails. I appreciate your...
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=73138422 Anyone know what this is about? My guess is a very small model car with some sort of crude steam...
Please reomve me from your mailing list , I live in England. ********************************************************************** This transmission is...
I have been following this thread and responses with interest for some time now. When I first got steamboating into my head, I was thinking along the lines of...
Rolly Evans has his 35' all aluminum cabin launch "Tryall", described on his website at http://ourworld.cs.com/revans8770/index.html - contact him for price....
Have you estimated the weight and volume of the boiler? If you are producing steam at 250 psi to feed 200 hp continuous on solid fuel it's going to be a bit of...
Hi Mark, I have not fully completed calculating the weight and volume of the boiler. The stats I have for 200hp 250psi are a water rate of 4.36 gallons/minute....
I just joined the group recently but have been interested in steamboats for many years. I started working on my first full size boat in the Summer of 2002....
Hi Ken, Very nice looking boat! You are going to have to give us a few more details...length, beam, etc. A few captions on the pictures would be good. The...
First, my thanks to all fellow Steamboaters which helped me locate a side wheel paddle steamer (now called) PRINCESS, located in Bay City, Michigan. Your...
Hi Dan Hmm Lets work with your 7 sq ft per hp. Using 0.5" OD tube with an "very" skinny wall of one sixteenth of an inch the length of tube alone required to...
Hi Mark, I appriciate you're input. Do you have a table as to the weight of various boiler tube materials and thicknesses? That is the part of the equation I...
Thanks Frank: That was a really interesting film clip. Way back in 1961 when I left the steam business (No more steam plants in the L.A. basin, to continue...
Hi Dan The boiler tube weights etc were derived using a spread sheet I use to work out the weight of materials for my business www.cncprototyping.co.nz It just...
