Disconnecting compound paddle engine

[Walter Snowdon]

I thought this may be of some interest to anyone contemplating a paddler using a diagonal steam engine.

This engraving shows the disconnecting compound paddle engines from the tug "Mount Etna".

The article was taken from Engineering magazine, dated may 28th 1880, and the engines were built by Messrs Rankin and Blackmore, Greenock.

Walter

[thewharfonline]

That engine looks like the one on the Industry...I thought it looked wierd and as such remembered it! I have some pics of it somewhere if yo wanna see it