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Paddler Information => Research => Topic started by: Hankwilliams on December 15, 2018, 04:24:24 AM

Title: First of all paddlesteamer models
Post by: Hankwilliams on December 15, 2018, 04:24:24 AM

Claude Joffroy de Abbans (1751 - 1832) was the first inventor, who made a funktionable steamboat in 1784. Two decades bevor Fulton he navigated with his "Pyroscape" on the Saone near Lyon for some 15 minutes against the river.
The remarkable model isn`t a model of the original, he made it later, presumable ca. 1815. Obviously the engine is funktionable, the paddleshaft is driven by a double cog stake. Remarkable even the geared paddlewheels.

Thomas

Title: Re: First of all paddlesteamer models
Post by: Hankwilliams on December 15, 2018, 04:32:32 AM

Flan of the "Pyroscape" and some details of the engine. The boat was about 43 meter long. The single cylinder was istalled inside the boiler.

Title: Re: First of all paddlesteamer models
Post by: Hankwilliams on December 15, 2018, 08:12:46 AM

Just one more picture of the model and a better plan of the "pyroscape"

Title: Re: First of all paddlesteamer models
Post by: Hankwilliams on December 15, 2018, 08:17:06 AM

And a better plan.

Title: Re: First of all paddlesteamer models
Post by: DamienG on December 15, 2018, 10:32:26 AM

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