Bertrand Part 2

[towboatjoe]

I finally found my copies of the Bertrand articles. Here's part 2.

Figures I would start them backwards!  :

[Eddy Matthews]

Thanks for uploading part two of the Bertrand article Joe - I know a few people were looking for it, so it's nice that we now have the complete article online.

[towboatjoe]

You're welcome Eddy. I was beginning to wonder if I was ever going to find it. While I was looking, I found an article on a Robert E Lee model which is powered by steam.

[Khephre]

Bless you Joe,

I was interested in the first article that Eddy posted and ended up sending off to Loyalhanna Dockyard for a set of plans for the Bertrand. They took over Taubman's Plans and have a good set for the Bertrand.

I think she's pencilled in for years 5-6 in my next ten years build schedule! Now that part 2 has appeared I might just bring her forward by a couple of years!

Also picked up a copy of the Western Riverboats Cyclopedium recently - what a goldmine!!!!!

tks
Tony

[towboatjoe]

Absolutely right on the cyclopedium and you're welcome. Alan Bates, author of the Cyclopedium and various other books and plans (Bertrand was one), lives in Louisville about a four hour drive from me. Across the river from Louisville is the largest inland river shipyard Jeffboat.

I'm a member of the St. Louis Admirals along with Glenn Hensley who did the Bertrand article. His models are breath taking. He even built a r/c horse powered ferry and the horses legs moved.

[thewharfonline]

moving horses...is there a point to having a water craft with horses...seems a bit silly to me! tsk tsk tsk is someone trying to pull my leg!

[towboatjoe]

For sure, I'm not pulling your leg. Look at the post in Research under Paddle Ferrys There used to be a couple of them near where I live back during the Civil War.

[thewharfonline]

Oh I know paddle ferrys are real but the horse part is the iffy part. unless the horses pull it from a bank then it would kind of make sense. paddlewheels are a much better option though

[towboatjoe]

Haven't you ever heard of a two horse powered hay burner. The horses walk on treadmills that turn the wheels.

Look at the post in Research under Paddle Ferrys

[thewharfonline]

Oh well thats traditional horse power I suppose. Doesn't beat steam...and you have to celan up the poo.....yes steam is much nicer!

[AlistairD]

On one of the paddle motor vessels, ex  steamers, on Lake Garda, there is a picture of an early paddle steamer, powered  by a team of horses operating a circular capstan-like wheel, which appeared to  be geared to the paddles
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moving horses...is there a point to having a water    craft with horses...seems a bit silly to me! tsk tsk tsk is someone trying to    pull my leg!



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