I don't agree with TH-cam hiding Dislikes; 1468 Likes, 17 Dislikes, 2024-09-27. Just so you know what to expect of this Video. So here's a quick FAQ that I saw in the first Comments popping up: Where is the Ship located? Mostly at the Övelgönne Museum Ship Harbour in Hamburg-Neumühlen, Germany. It sails from early May until mid September, which also includes visiting other Ports along the German North Sea and Baltic Sea Coast. How is Feed Water produced? Not at all; there is no Desalination Plant because the Stettin was never intended for Voyages longer than a few Days, so Feed Water is just bunkered from Shore. How is the Ash disposed? As of now, it is dumped overboard with an Ejector, but that might change in the next Years due to enviromental Concerns. Hence I don't show the Ejector in the Video, I actually did initially but removed it to keep the Video under 25 Minutes. Why is Steam Expansion divided over three Cylinders? Steam cools down as it expands in the Cylinders, hence the Cylinder has a Temperature somewhere around the middle between the hot Steam coming in and cold(er) Steam going out. Dividing the Expansion over multiple Cylinders reduces this Temperature Gradient, and thus less Heat is wasted on "heating" the Cylinder when hot Steam enters it. Is the Crew paid? No, all unpaid Volunteers, just like I do on the Museum Ship Cap San Diego, which is located in Hamburg too. Was the Movie Titanic filmed there? No, that was the Liberty Ship SS Jeremiah O'Brien in San Francisco. The Engines are similar-sized though. The Danish Cult-Classic Martha instantly reminded me a lot of the Stettin, but despite a very similar looking Control Stand, also the Engine Room Scenes were shot on an old Steam Cargo Ship. But isn't the SS Badger larger? Yes, that's why I mentioned it in the Video with the Explanation that it has Mechanical Stokers.
Its 13 now, but i have no idea why. I absolutely love your videos. Seeing old school technology still goin well. Love, sweat and tears. Seeing the steam motor providing power was honestly suprising, i would have thought that for at least "modern" AC power they would use a diesel genset, but no, this old girl is still entirely steam driven. An absolute work of art.
@@colinsmith6340 Nope, still at 2; these Browser AddOns are not that accurate and mostly exaggerate. Reason is that TH-cam removed Dislikes entirely from the API, so a Browser AddOn can't use any Data from TH-cam at all. They can only measure Dislikes by Users who have the AddOn installed, and then scale that Like-Dislike-Ratio up to the total Number of Likes. I'd guess they mostly exaggerate Dislikes because Users who have such an AddOn installed are more likely to hit dislike than those who don't; why would one even bother to dislike at all if it doesn't seem to have any Effect anyway?
I love volunteering with historical sites such as the ship Stettin. While I don’t volunteer at Stetting I volunteer at one of the US oldest historical site Saint Mary’s City which was founded in 1634. Im a docent and wear period appropriate attire while interacting with our visitors. My normal tasks are sewing with the other volunteers ensuring our clothing is looking good. For a few hours a week I’m taken back almost 300 years.
I am about 2 hours from the Badger and love to take her across the lake. I have been on the Liberty ship Brown and would like to ask is that the same engine? They sure look the same to me including support equipment except steering. Very excellent video including explaining how things work. Watched old vid too. 1st time here and subscribed. Thanks. On the farm near Battle Creek, Mi.
@@jefffrayer8238 Most likely not. IIRC the Engines on Liberty Ships had some Pumps (probably Condensate and maybe Feed Water) attached to the Main Engine and not driven by separate small Engines. Btw. I keep checking the three Victory Ships every now and then, I remember seeing some Boiler Trials on the Red Oak Victory Years ago with the Notion that "all that's left now is Coast Guard Clearance and we can sail again", something about the American Victory maybe sailing again last Year but it looks like nothing came of it and neither did it this Year, and the Lane Victory's Website states "ongoing Boiler Repairs" since Years. If any of them sail again, they would be the only operational Steam Turbine Museum Ships that I know of.
I as a Boiler Technician in the U S Navy from 1970 to 1979. While we weren’t shoveling coal, I remember as a child watching my father shovel coal into the boiler that heated our apartment building where he was the superintendent.
My Dad was an EN and a A-Ganger down in Engineering on LSTs and FFGs. Currently at my 9 year mark myself but as an AE. It’s about the ones that paved the way before us; Thank you for your Service “Old Salt”.
I just discovered this Channel. BRAVO ZULU to the OP for such excellent content. I started my varied military career in the Navy as a Fairweather Snipe in the Target Fleet, U.S.S. LEAHY (DLG-16). One movie that greatly influenced me to join the Navy in 1969 was THE SAND PEBBLES, 1966.. This is the real deal here. MM1/c Jake Holman and Po-han would be right at home in these gloriously well kept engineering spaces. "But I wantee, new boss. Savvy? Teachee all Pidgin." "You and me Jake, Can Do!" 👍👊😁
@@Boababa-fn3mr Germany lacks oil and that meant that even as late as 1943/4 German minesweepers got coal-fired boilers and reciprocating steam engines, though Germany was leading in diesel technology from the start. And there is another aspect: tugs and icebreakers need engines that can be reversed quickly and that develop full power/high torque at once. An internal combustion engine must run at some given speed to be powerful. It takes time to rev them up. Their power comes from the revolutions. Steam engines are quicker here as their power comes from the boiler just as an electric motor takes its power from a battery or the net and has therefore its full torque available within a split of a second. I remember the Stettin breaking ice in Kiel harbour shortly before she was laid up to become an operational museum ship in the early 1980s. It was a constant "full steam ahead", "stop", full steam astern", "stop", "full ahead", when she hammered her bow against and onto the ice floes, her funnel belching out thick clouds of smoke. With that slow warming of our climate we are getting more and more wet but warmer, frost-free winters in our part of the world. That meant that Stettin was idle for most of her last service time with the Federal Navigation Administration. And as any goverment ship she was under constant care.
I was US Navy 1968-74, reactor operator on ballistic missile nuclear submarine. Very quiet in the engine room at anything less than a full-bell (steam turbine main engines, steam turbine electric generators). First thing I notice in the vid is the noise. Become very noise sensitive living in a submarine. Noise tells the enemy where you are. ---- Coal took the world out of the middle ages into the industrial revolution. A miracle fuel (inexpensive and high energy density). But for coal there would be no trees left in Europe.
It's a really quiet Engine Room, by Civilian Standards where Noise doesn't relly matter (yet; I expect that there may be coming Regulations regarding that in the mid-Future, to protect Whales). It's quiet enough to allow Conversation without having to shout, like on almost all Piston Steam Engine Ships. Oil-burning Boilers are quite loud though, but most Ships have separate Boiler Rooms and most German Steam Ships burn Coal. Even the 1962 Cargo Ship Cap San Diego, where I volunteer as Mechanic has a Diesel Engine quiet enough that you don't need Hearing Protection in most of the Engine Room. Reason is that it is a 80 RPM Two Stroke Engine and has small Turbochargers with just 0.1 bar Scavenge Air Pressure, with modern Engines of 2-3 bar, the Turbochargers become very loud as soon as they build up Pressure. The Ships that I work on for a Living have Pitch Propeller Propulsion, meaning to say the Engine always runs at 440 RPM and is very loud regardless if the Propeller is set to Pitch 0 or Pitch 10. Btw. I am working on a Video about the first French Nuclear Submarine Le Redoutable, which is preserved in Cherbourg and to my Knowledge is one of only two in the World where the Engine Room is open for Visitors, the only other one is the first Soviet one in St. Petersburg. The Reactor Room has been replaced by just an empty Section that with a Diashow of how it was turned into a Museum, unlike in Russia where the two Reactors were replaced by Replicas, but my Chances of getting there are slim to none. Anyway, what I am up to is that I was a little surprised by the apparent Absence of a smaller Marching Turbine; the Redoutable Class is powered by two identical Turbines that drive one reduction Gearbox. The Turbines didn't seem like a Turbine Set (consisting of HP, LP, Reversing and possibly a smaller Marching Turbine) to me but literally just one Turbine. Not bothering with a Reversing Turbine seemed logical, because using the Electric Motor for Manouvering made Sense to me. But given that Missile Submarines usually creep about Dead Slow (to my Knowledge), I would have guessed that a smaller Marching Turbine is way more efficient than running the large Turbines at awfully slow RPM. Because Le Redoutable is just on static Display (obviously), I must resort to voicing over that Video which already takes me ages as I'm not a very good Speaker. I only took Pictures of the Engine Room, because it was so crowded that recording Video was impossible without someone walking into Frame all the Time. I guess I'll give it a go to show myself speaking, even if it means possibly hundreds of Takes as I am a very bad Speaker, but I'll have plenty of Time when I'm at Sea again.
Btw. here's the two louder Diesel Engines that I mentioned: Cap San Diego: th-cam.com/video/rZkW4A_cOfU/w-d-xo.html The Ships where I work: th-cam.com/video/xkp_T-DSA-s/w-d-xo.html The latter Video is not public yet, and probably won't be for some Time.
My father-in-law was engineer on a triple-expansion (oil-burning) Liberty Ship during WWII. The title of this grabbed my attention. One story he would repeat only if asked (he died in 1986): one afternoon he took a nap in his middle-bunk-berth along the outer hull plating a bit about the waterline. He woke to a big bang and when he regained his senses he realized there was a hole in the hull a few inches above his sleeping nose and another in the wall between his crew stateroom and the hallway. In the hall was the round, from a submarine(?), which for some reason had not exploded. Some days it is better to be lucky than good.
Sometimes, submarines used their deck guns against unarmed merchant vessels to save their torpedoes for more dangerous targets, of which the germans mostly used an 88mm naval gun. Perhaps it was one of those guns firing on the ship?
@@floridaman609 No, I'm not sure I would have any way to get that. He has been gone for almost 40 years, and I am sure his daughters (including my ex-wife) would not have any information like that. Unless there are merchant marine records tying each person's name to hulls served on, then it is unlikely that we could reconstruct that information.
I absolutely love how everything is just powered off of tiny little steam engines... Need a pump? Tiny steam engine. Need a generator? Tiny steam engine. Need to turn the boat? Believe it or not, tiny steam engine.
Similar to electric motors now. I believe many modern large ships only have generators and the main props are driven by electric motors (Making generators similar to the boilers of older ships).
I've also seen small steam engines in large industrial boiler installations. One old hospital complex had four huge boilers and a steam engine to drive a very large blower - and there were small steam engines beside the front of each boiler that operated the automated coal bed raking. And three large reciprocating steam engines connected to 2300V alternators to supply the complex with electricity if the mains went out. The boilers fed steam to the whole complex of buildings. this old technology is absolutely fascinating :)
this has to be one of the finest and most interesting videos on youtube. So well explained in the stages of operatin of how this steam vessel works. Very complex i thought for the era but brilliantly engineered. thank you
What blows my mind about all of this is that I help maintain a WWII torpedo bomber (TBM Avenger) that makes almost the same power (1,900hp from a 2600CI radial) and drives almost exactly the same diameter propeller. I realize there are massive differences in torque and such, but still. Things changed so rapidly around that time period.
This is an excellent video with great detail. I worked on a triple expansion in 1964 and 5. Everything was manual control. It had newer water tube boilers but still hand fired. Ashes went overboard, not in port. I was paid 13.65 per day Canadian. Worked as fireman and oiler.
I was on the John Brown when she was in Toronto years ago. A great time! There is a reciprocating water pump at Davenport and Bedford as I recall. Looks like the engine of the Titanic. Not used anymore but it's there in a city building. Might be available to see on Doors Open.
I have only operated some, and seen many small or replica model steam engines, just to in awe have _some_ understanding of how this large, complex and brilliant machinery works as numerous interdependent systems. Co-operated by so many skilled individuals in unison! My grandfather (mom’s dad) was a senior machinist on large ships from ca 1937 until 1966, and passed away that year as I was about 7 months old. This video brought me closer to what he may have experienced than any presentation I’ve ever seen. Kudos to all who carry forth the practical knowledge and sheer willpower to keep Stettin a monument to what once was leading everyday technology for trade, travel and sadly also our world in conflict. I’m deeply moved by all of the above. My deepest thanks for sharing, and my greetings from Norway. 💛
Makes me wish I didn't live 500km from the nearest large body of water (Lake Superior) and 1500 from the nearest one that could be considered part of an ocean. :) We don't get cool things like this where I live! Thanks for the tour!
@@crissd8283 They do. Search TH-cam for German steam trains. Many run during the winter. Most are former East German (DDR) trains. East Germany was so poor they never converted to diesel or electric.
Sehr interessantes Video. Ich bin Maschinenmeister und habe so ein Einblick in Schifffahrt/Schiffe. Man sieht dass das Video von einen mit Dampf Erfahrung gedreht wurde. Sehr gut. Sehr interessant.
Hats off to the guys who maintain and run this beautiful piece of history. One thing stands out. If you are familiar with engine rooms, especially ship engine rooms you can appreciate how quiet this one is.
Brought back memories, of when i worked as a fireman, on the harbour Tug's, in Cape town 1960's. The only difference is, the ash was loaded into hoppers at the side, with a lid on it, and then discharged into the sea, by water pressure.
That's how it's done here too. I actually recorded that, but didn't use the Footage. Reason is that it's an ongoing Discussion if dumping Ash overboard needs to stop due to enviromental Concerns, meaning to say it may change in the next Years.
@@Genius_at_Work SS Badger was modified a few years ago to not dischange its ash into the water. Probably for the best, since Lake Michigan is used for drinking water for millions, and coal ash has a lot of heavy metals in it.
A wonderful film with detailed explanations of all parts and their functions Thank you very much. The perfect addition to a visit to the ship. And as a lucky Hamburg resident I can do that in style by taking ferry 62 from Altona to Neumühlen. By the way, the elderly still say "take the steamer" when they want to go by ferry
How amazing footage and clear description of quite a complex set up. Triple expansion engines were the zenith before turbines. This should be compulsory viewing for all kids(and big ones).thank you.
This is an excellent, informative video of older steam technology before its pinnacle. Thank you for a well thought, educational video with supporting annotations!
Nice guys onboard. I once helped docking by catching the rope (I have no maritime experience whatsoever) and I got a "Fangbier" - a free beer for catching. Nice people. I booked a ride. Probably the only ship where I could stay downstairs all the time.
HONORS to the German men that designed, built, sailed and maintained that ship. Good work. HONORS to the women that fed and took care of those men. Keep going.
What a beautiful old vessel. She’s lucky to have have survived the Soviets. They took everything from the Russian zone back to Russia after the war. Machines Ships Trains etc And it’s good that you kept the original name. Well done Bravo
It was in Hamburg in 1945. Hamburg fell under the British zone of occupation. And i kinda dont blame the Soviets for taking anything that wasn't nailed down. Germany did kind of burn half of their country to the ground.
Good video and first-class explantion. I was a (steam) marine engineer during the 60s and 70s and I had one steam recip ship in the early 1970s. At high revs (76rpm!) it threw out oil everwhere and I got soaked without fail! It was great experience though, which I wouldn't have missed, before going back to turbine ships afterwards. Thanks for posting such great memories.
Honestly, it seems more natural and intuitive than an internal combustion engine (like a diesel). Incredibly complicated, yes, but you can SEE everything that's going on.
to fully appreciate the size of the ships engine, a tour of the old Sulzer Werke in Winterthur, Switzerland gives a better overview. these engines are massive and huge. the precision of machining that went into them is breathtaking
Many Viewers pointed it out in my previous Video of the Stettin. I already knew about the Badger in 2021, but falsely thought it would be fired by powderised Coal, like a Power Station. That's why I ignored it back then.
Steam engines for running everything. This was amazing. Also the vacuum drawn in the third piston was a surprise and how the vacuum was produced also a surprise. Incredible technology.
On a steam turbine powered ship, the larger outer rotors of the turbine will run in a vacuum. The pressure decreases as the volume of the steam increases, much like the engine that you see here.
Awesome video!! It’s incredible how fast this ship can shift from forward to reverse.The subtitles were very informative.Thanks to you and all the volunteers involved.
This was truly the best and most educational video i have seen to date on these beautiful engines 10/10 !! WHAT REASON COULD ANYBODY GIVE THIS VIDEO A NEGATIVE REVIEW !!
The curved bars on the eccentrics is refered to as "Stevenson reversing gear" Had this on the river class frigate HMAS Diamantina now a museum ship in Brisbane Australia. Sadly a non runner.
I didn't explain why though, because it would have made the Video too long. Steam cools down as it expands in the Cylinders, hence the Cylinder has a Temperature somewhere around the middle between the hot Steam coming in and cold(er) Steam going out. Dividing the Expansion over multiple Cylinders reduces this Temperature Gradient, and thus less Heat is wasted on "heating" the Cylinder when hot Steam enters it.
@@Genius_at_Work Also the size of a single cylinder required to fully expand high pressure steam down to (or below) atmospheric pressure would be enormous, and difficult to start (maneuvering). Much easier to do it in stages with cranks at different angles on the crankshaft for smoother power impulses and easier starting...
This is one of the best tours of a SS engine room, I have operated on railway steam locomotives and land machines but marine was always a deep mystery to me, l have been informed, thank you.
Outstanding presentation. So many moving parts in this ship! And I hadn't realized before how many little steam engines to operate the other equipment in the vessel. Thank you.
I don't understand the function of the machinery in detail, but I am deeply fascinated by it. I've seen the Stettin a few times in my life, but I've never been aboard, well I might as a child, but I don't quite remember. I remember being in the engine room of the Freya and then I was in the engine room of some other steam ship, but I don't remember what ship that was.
This 1964 steam ship but until still running in good condition ..all are manual..caol manually put in the inside the boiler..I work in the steam ship as motorman and built in 1971 make by sweeden.the boiler is run by the heavy fuel oil. 2 big fire tube boilers ..the supply for 4 turbine cargo pumps 1 turbine generator.for the main engine we have HP Bleeder and LP Bleeder. Eveis in good condition too..have great voyage host..
She might be the largest "museum ship" but Badger is a much larger ship in regular service on Lake Michigan. I've had the pleasure of a working visit in her engine room.
Make sure you keep the ash from going underneath the stoker plate. Bilge sea water and ash corode the hull floor plates, transverse and longitudinal stringers, boiler mount and inner hull plate. When the vessel is slipped the weight can be too heavy and boiler mount breaks through the bottom hull. Always a good place for the engineer surveyor during survey to hit hard with a hammer or these days a thickness tester.
Very informative video! Lovely to see this vessel still working and under the power of steam and crewed by people younger than me! This ship is a wonderful educational resource as well as being part of our heritage so keep up the good work!
I did not understand much of that but it was fascinating to watch none the less. I bet there’s lots of asbestos in that thing and I bet the boiler room is hot in the summer!
No Asbestos; I don't know if it ever had any but they'd have been removed today regardless. The Diesel-Engined Museum Ship Cap San Diego in Hamburg had Asbestos-insulated Exhaust Pipes, but they have been replaced by Fiberglass in the 90ies. And the Boiler Room is colder than the Engine Room, because it has decent Air Circulation by the Vent Scoops, while all Circulation in the Engine Room is from the Boiler Blower drawing in Air. I'd estimate that the Boiler Room was 30-40°C when I recorded most of this Footage in July, while the Engine Room was 40-50°C then. I am a volunteer Mechanic on the Cap San Diego, and we sailed on the same Weekend in July and had up to 52°C in our Engine Room.
@ boiler blower? It’s not natural draft where the heat of the exhaust draws the fresh air in? I’m assuming the combustion air is what you’re referring to cooling the boiler room. I’m an hvav contractor in west Tn and there are still a few of the old low pressure steam boilers left in Memphis that used to burn coal but had gas burners installed years ago. Lots of them still have asbestos in the pipe elbows and in some of the gaskets too so that’s what made me think of that. I’m curious. Do the boilers also supply radiators for heating?
Season is from early May to mid September, although not always in Hamburg. The outside Views were recorded at the 2022 Flensburg Steam Fair, the onboard Footage on the North Sea between Büsum and Cuxhaven.
Thanks, great video of old but sturdy tech. My relatives came from Asia on steamships, flying was not yet invented. In Detroit they had these steam engines powering Boblo Cruise boat during 60's. Titanic said to have 29 coal fed boilers !
Wondeful stuff, thank you for filming it. There were two old WWII submarine diesel engines at Vauxhall Motors Luton that were connected to electrical generators as a small area backup for the main original offices. These were very long engines which I believe were slanted to reduce overall height and possibly ten cylinders each? They became very useful in the major utilities strikes era when Grid electrical supply was 'rotationally' rationed.
The closest to this I can think of right now is the Woudagemaal Pumping Station in the Netherlands and the large B&W Two Stroke Diesel at Copenhagen's H.C. Ørsted Power Station, which today is the MAN Diesel House Museum. A popular Urban Myth says that that Engine was used to restart the Grid after a major Blackout in Sjælland in 2005, but the Grid actually was restarted via the Øresund Cable from Sweden and the Engine was only started up "just in Case", but did not feed any Power into the Grid. I already covered this Engine in a Video, and the Woudagemaal is on my Bucket List. It is the last active Steam Pumping Station in the World, and is still occasionally used to pump out Surge Water from Friesland (average Elevation 50 odd cm below Sea Level) during strong Winter Storms. It regularly runs twice per Year to ensure operational Readiness, and is open to the Public during these Test Runs.
Excellent video! I appreciate your providing descriptions of the working processes. I have been in the Badger’s engine room. Similar equipment, so it is easy to recognize the various components and their functions. Their engines are Uniflow Skinner design. They also do not condense the exhaust steam. Drawing boiler feed water directly from Lake Michigan. Thanks for an enjoyable tour.
Oh how nice :) I planed to travel from Kiel to Lübeck with the Stettin, to see the Setttin from inside, but sadly my bike was stolen this day so i cancel it . THX that I can see what i ve missed. By the way look for the "Start eines U boot Motors aus dem 2. Weltkrieg Schiffsdiesel "
Very detailed and interesting video. I loved it!. When I was in school many decades ago i did Metal Work as a subject and had to make a steam engine that eventually did actually work . I can realy admire the complexity of this Icebreakers power plants.
This is really incredible to watch. I'm a big fan of steam locomotives, and I don't know a whole lot about ships. Rather I thought I didn't, but it turns out much of the technology here is exactly the same as it would be in a locomotive. It's amazing to me just how similar it is mechanically and thermodynamically. The use of corrugated metal to compensate for thermal expansion is absolutely ingenious to me. That is certainly one bit of technology that never made it into locomotives. But the use of a feed water heater and mechanical stokers in some ships are right in my wheelhouse, if you will..
Can you post the ash ejector in a separate video? I would love to see how it operates as I volunteer on a museum ship that used to be coal fired, and I haven't been able to figure out where the ash used to go. A lot of the systems are shockingly similar.
I don't agree with TH-cam hiding Dislikes; 1468 Likes, 17 Dislikes, 2024-09-27. Just so you know what to expect of this Video.
So here's a quick FAQ that I saw in the first Comments popping up:
Where is the Ship located? Mostly at the Övelgönne Museum Ship Harbour in Hamburg-Neumühlen, Germany. It sails from early May until mid September, which also includes visiting other Ports along the German North Sea and Baltic Sea Coast.
How is Feed Water produced? Not at all; there is no Desalination Plant because the Stettin was never intended for Voyages longer than a few Days, so Feed Water is just bunkered from Shore.
How is the Ash disposed? As of now, it is dumped overboard with an Ejector, but that might change in the next Years due to enviromental Concerns. Hence I don't show the Ejector in the Video, I actually did initially but removed it to keep the Video under 25 Minutes.
Why is Steam Expansion divided over three Cylinders? Steam cools down as it expands in the Cylinders, hence the Cylinder has a Temperature somewhere around the middle between the hot Steam coming in and cold(er) Steam going out. Dividing the Expansion over multiple Cylinders reduces this Temperature Gradient, and thus less Heat is wasted on "heating" the Cylinder when hot Steam enters it.
Is the Crew paid? No, all unpaid Volunteers, just like I do on the Museum Ship Cap San Diego, which is located in Hamburg too.
Was the Movie Titanic filmed there? No, that was the Liberty Ship SS Jeremiah O'Brien in San Francisco. The Engines are similar-sized though. The Danish Cult-Classic Martha instantly reminded me a lot of the Stettin, but despite a very similar looking Control Stand, also the Engine Room Scenes were shot on an old Steam Cargo Ship.
But isn't the SS Badger larger? Yes, that's why I mentioned it in the Video with the Explanation that it has Mechanical Stokers.
Its 13 now, but i have no idea why. I absolutely love your videos. Seeing old school technology still goin well. Love, sweat and tears. Seeing the steam motor providing power was honestly suprising, i would have thought that for at least "modern" AC power they would use a diesel genset, but no, this old girl is still entirely steam driven. An absolute work of art.
@@colinsmith6340 Nope, still at 2; these Browser AddOns are not that accurate and mostly exaggerate. Reason is that TH-cam removed Dislikes entirely from the API, so a Browser AddOn can't use any Data from TH-cam at all. They can only measure Dislikes by Users who have the AddOn installed, and then scale that Like-Dislike-Ratio up to the total Number of Likes. I'd guess they mostly exaggerate Dislikes because Users who have such an AddOn installed are more likely to hit dislike than those who don't; why would one even bother to dislike at all if it doesn't seem to have any Effect anyway?
I love volunteering with historical sites such as the ship Stettin. While I don’t volunteer at Stetting I volunteer at one of the US oldest historical site Saint Mary’s City which was founded in 1634. Im a docent and wear period appropriate attire while interacting with our visitors. My normal tasks are sewing with the other volunteers ensuring our clothing is looking good.
For a few hours a week I’m taken back almost 300 years.
I am about 2 hours from the Badger and love to take her across the lake. I have been on the Liberty ship Brown and would like to ask is that the same engine? They sure look the same to me including support equipment except steering. Very excellent video including explaining how things work. Watched old vid too. 1st time here and subscribed. Thanks. On the farm near Battle Creek, Mi.
@@jefffrayer8238 Most likely not. IIRC the Engines on Liberty Ships had some Pumps (probably Condensate and maybe Feed Water) attached to the Main Engine and not driven by separate small Engines. Btw. I keep checking the three Victory Ships every now and then, I remember seeing some Boiler Trials on the Red Oak Victory Years ago with the Notion that "all that's left now is Coast Guard Clearance and we can sail again", something about the American Victory maybe sailing again last Year but it looks like nothing came of it and neither did it this Year, and the Lane Victory's Website states "ongoing Boiler Repairs" since Years. If any of them sail again, they would be the only operational Steam Turbine Museum Ships that I know of.
I as a Boiler Technician in the U S Navy from 1970 to 1979. While we weren’t shoveling coal, I remember as a child watching my father shovel coal into the boiler that heated our apartment building where he was the superintendent.
My Dad was an EN and a A-Ganger down in Engineering on LSTs and FFGs. Currently at my 9 year mark myself but as an AE. It’s about the ones that paved the way before us; Thank you for your Service “Old Salt”.
I just discovered this Channel. BRAVO ZULU to the OP for such excellent content. I started my varied military career in the Navy as a Fairweather Snipe in the Target Fleet, U.S.S. LEAHY (DLG-16). One movie that greatly influenced me to join the Navy in 1969 was THE SAND PEBBLES, 1966.. This is the real deal here. MM1/c Jake Holman and Po-han would be right at home in these gloriously well kept engineering spaces.
"But I wantee, new boss. Savvy? Teachee all Pidgin." "You and me Jake, Can Do!" 👍👊😁
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@@covertops19Z my all time favorite film! If you can find a copy, read the book. Author was a China Sailor, only a Snipe could write it.
Wow! The amount of mechanical engineering in this ship is absolutely amazing.
It must be utilized to teach and also be preserved.
This was state of the art in the 1930s and 40s. In the 1950s the switch to diesels was underway.
@@dfirth224state of the art in 1903, more like it
@@ttm2609 to you
@@dfirth224coal fired boilers was not state of the art in the 40s they where pretty antiquated by then
@@Boababa-fn3mr Germany lacks oil and that meant that even as late as 1943/4 German minesweepers got coal-fired boilers and reciprocating steam engines, though Germany was leading in diesel technology from the start. And there is another aspect: tugs and icebreakers need engines that can be reversed quickly and that develop full power/high torque at once. An internal combustion engine must run at some given speed to be powerful. It takes time to rev them up. Their power comes from the revolutions. Steam engines are quicker here as their power comes from the boiler just as an electric motor takes its power from a battery or the net and has therefore its full torque available within a split of a second. I remember the Stettin breaking ice in Kiel harbour shortly before she was laid up to become an operational museum ship in the early 1980s. It was a constant "full steam ahead", "stop", full steam astern", "stop", "full ahead", when she hammered her bow against and onto the ice floes, her funnel belching out thick clouds of smoke. With that slow warming of our climate we are getting more and more wet but warmer, frost-free winters in our part of the world. That meant that Stettin was idle for most of her last service time with the Federal Navigation Administration. And as any goverment ship she was under constant care.
Why do I find this so much more genius now, even though I fly helicopters for a living? Everything just seems so much more well crafted and amazing.
I was US Navy 1968-74, reactor operator on ballistic missile nuclear submarine. Very quiet in the engine room at anything less than a full-bell (steam turbine main engines, steam turbine electric generators). First thing I notice in the vid is the noise. Become very noise sensitive living in a submarine. Noise tells the enemy where you are. ---- Coal took the world out of the middle ages into the industrial revolution. A miracle fuel (inexpensive and high energy density). But for coal there would be no trees left in Europe.
It's a really quiet Engine Room, by Civilian Standards where Noise doesn't relly matter (yet; I expect that there may be coming Regulations regarding that in the mid-Future, to protect Whales). It's quiet enough to allow Conversation without having to shout, like on almost all Piston Steam Engine Ships. Oil-burning Boilers are quite loud though, but most Ships have separate Boiler Rooms and most German Steam Ships burn Coal. Even the 1962 Cargo Ship Cap San Diego, where I volunteer as Mechanic has a Diesel Engine quiet enough that you don't need Hearing Protection in most of the Engine Room. Reason is that it is a 80 RPM Two Stroke Engine and has small Turbochargers with just 0.1 bar Scavenge Air Pressure, with modern Engines of 2-3 bar, the Turbochargers become very loud as soon as they build up Pressure. The Ships that I work on for a Living have Pitch Propeller Propulsion, meaning to say the Engine always runs at 440 RPM and is very loud regardless if the Propeller is set to Pitch 0 or Pitch 10.
Btw. I am working on a Video about the first French Nuclear Submarine Le Redoutable, which is preserved in Cherbourg and to my Knowledge is one of only two in the World where the Engine Room is open for Visitors, the only other one is the first Soviet one in St. Petersburg. The Reactor Room has been replaced by just an empty Section that with a Diashow of how it was turned into a Museum, unlike in Russia where the two Reactors were replaced by Replicas, but my Chances of getting there are slim to none. Anyway, what I am up to is that I was a little surprised by the apparent Absence of a smaller Marching Turbine; the Redoutable Class is powered by two identical Turbines that drive one reduction Gearbox. The Turbines didn't seem like a Turbine Set (consisting of HP, LP, Reversing and possibly a smaller Marching Turbine) to me but literally just one Turbine. Not bothering with a Reversing Turbine seemed logical, because using the Electric Motor for Manouvering made Sense to me. But given that Missile Submarines usually creep about Dead Slow (to my Knowledge), I would have guessed that a smaller Marching Turbine is way more efficient than running the large Turbines at awfully slow RPM.
Because Le Redoutable is just on static Display (obviously), I must resort to voicing over that Video which already takes me ages as I'm not a very good Speaker. I only took Pictures of the Engine Room, because it was so crowded that recording Video was impossible without someone walking into Frame all the Time. I guess I'll give it a go to show myself speaking, even if it means possibly hundreds of Takes as I am a very bad Speaker, but I'll have plenty of Time when I'm at Sea again.
Btw. here's the two louder Diesel Engines that I mentioned:
Cap San Diego: th-cam.com/video/rZkW4A_cOfU/w-d-xo.html
The Ships where I work: th-cam.com/video/xkp_T-DSA-s/w-d-xo.html
The latter Video is not public yet, and probably won't be for some Time.
@Paulbk7810 what was your Qualboat?? East or West coast??
Cool. My father was on the SSBN-657 around that time. He went on to work at a nuke plant for GE.
My father-in-law was engineer on a triple-expansion (oil-burning) Liberty Ship during WWII. The title of this grabbed my attention. One story he would repeat only if asked (he died in 1986): one afternoon he took a nap in his middle-bunk-berth along the outer hull plating a bit about the waterline. He woke to a big bang and when he regained his senses he realized there was a hole in the hull a few inches above his sleeping nose and another in the wall between his crew stateroom and the hallway. In the hall was the round, from a submarine(?), which for some reason had not exploded. Some days it is better to be lucky than good.
Sometimes, submarines used their deck guns against unarmed merchant vessels to save their torpedoes for more dangerous targets, of which the germans mostly used an 88mm naval gun. Perhaps it was one of those guns firing on the ship?
@@aethelon4144 He was confident that it was fire from a German sub, but I don't know enough about the deck guns to offer any additional info.
do you know the hull number of his ship?
@@floridaman609 No, I'm not sure I would have any way to get that. He has been gone for almost 40 years, and I am sure his daughters (including my ex-wife) would not have any information like that. Unless there are merchant marine records tying each person's name to hulls served on, then it is unlikely that we could reconstruct that information.
I absolutely love how everything is just powered off of tiny little steam engines...
Need a pump? Tiny steam engine.
Need a generator? Tiny steam engine.
Need to turn the boat? Believe it or not, tiny steam engine.
Need to make the boat go? Big steam engine (controlled by tiny steam engines)
Similar to electric motors now. I believe many modern large ships only have generators and the main props are driven by electric motors (Making generators similar to the boilers of older ships).
I've also seen small steam engines in large industrial boiler installations. One old hospital complex had four huge boilers and a steam engine to drive a very large blower - and there were small steam engines beside the front of each boiler that operated the automated coal bed raking. And three large reciprocating steam engines connected to 2300V alternators to supply the complex with electricity if the mains went out. The boilers fed steam to the whole complex of buildings.
this old technology is absolutely fascinating :)
@@jimdickenson6600my favorite part of these old pieces of equipment it that they're so god damn RUGGED!!!
@@nateharder2286 A lot of the old engines and old electric motors are very rugged. Things were made to last and to be repaired.
Great explanations. It's nice to see videos with good explanations taken by someone who knows something about which he is shooting.
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Thank you for sharing this. I am happy to see a ship like this being preserved.
this has to be one of the finest and most interesting videos on youtube. So well explained in the stages of operatin of how this steam vessel works. Very complex i thought for the era but brilliantly engineered. thank you
What blows my mind about all of this is that I help maintain a WWII torpedo bomber (TBM Avenger) that makes almost the same power (1,900hp from a 2600CI radial) and drives almost exactly the same diameter propeller. I realize there are massive differences in torque and such, but still. Things changed so rapidly around that time period.
This is an excellent video with great detail. I worked on a triple expansion in 1964 and 5. Everything was manual control. It had newer water tube boilers but still hand fired. Ashes went overboard, not in port. I was paid 13.65 per day Canadian. Worked as fireman and oiler.
Coal fire steam ship
First saw a real triple expansion engine on the Liberty ship John Brown when she visited Toronto. Love em, they are a piece of engineering history.
There is also one in San Francisco.
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I was on the John Brown when she was in Toronto years ago. A great time! There is a reciprocating water pump at Davenport and Bedford as I recall. Looks like the engine of the Titanic. Not used anymore but it's there in a city building. Might be available to see on Doors Open.
I have only operated some, and seen many small or replica model steam engines, just to in awe have _some_ understanding of how this large, complex and brilliant machinery works as numerous interdependent systems. Co-operated by so many skilled individuals in unison!
My grandfather (mom’s dad) was a senior machinist on large ships from ca 1937 until 1966, and passed away that year as I was about 7 months old. This video brought me closer to what he may have experienced than any presentation I’ve ever seen.
Kudos to all who carry forth the practical knowledge and sheer willpower to keep Stettin a monument to what once was leading everyday technology for trade, travel and sadly also our world in conflict.
I’m deeply moved by all of the above. My deepest thanks for sharing, and my greetings from Norway. 💛
Very detailed - thank you! Love all of the other small steam engines doing work all over the ship.
Makes me wish I didn't live 500km from the nearest large body of water (Lake Superior) and 1500 from the nearest one that could be considered part of an ocean. :) We don't get cool things like this where I live!
Thanks for the tour!
Do you have steam trains.
@@crissd8283 They do. Search TH-cam for German steam trains. Many run during the winter. Most are former East German (DDR) trains. East Germany was so poor they never converted to diesel or electric.
Nearest steamship to me hasn’t moved in sixty years. (SS Kyle)
Thank you for both metric and imperial measurements.
Sehr interessantes Video.
Ich bin Maschinenmeister und habe so ein Einblick in Schifffahrt/Schiffe.
Man sieht dass das Video von einen mit Dampf Erfahrung gedreht wurde.
Sehr gut. Sehr interessant.
Hats off to the guys who maintain and run this beautiful piece of history. One thing stands out. If you are familiar with engine rooms, especially ship engine rooms you can appreciate how quiet this one is.
In winter 1962-1963 she was ice breaking on the river Elbe, we were frozen in the port of Cuxhaven for 6 weeks, extreme cold weather
Brought back memories, of when i worked as a fireman, on the harbour Tug's, in Cape town 1960's. The only difference is, the ash was loaded into hoppers at the side, with a lid on it, and then discharged into the sea, by water pressure.
That's how it's done here too. I actually recorded that, but didn't use the Footage. Reason is that it's an ongoing Discussion if dumping Ash overboard needs to stop due to enviromental Concerns, meaning to say it may change in the next Years.
Priceless piece of history...beautiful condition
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@@Genius_at_Work SS Badger was modified a few years ago to not dischange its ash into the water. Probably for the best, since Lake Michigan is used for drinking water for millions, and coal ash has a lot of heavy metals in it.
A wonderful film with detailed explanations of all parts and their functions
Thank you very much.
The perfect addition to a visit to the ship.
And as a lucky Hamburg resident I can do that in style by taking ferry 62 from Altona to Neumühlen.
By the way, the elderly still say "take the steamer" when they want to go by ferry
Coal fire steam ship
How amazing footage and clear description of quite a complex set up. Triple expansion engines were the zenith before turbines. This should be compulsory viewing for all kids(and big ones).thank you.
This is an excellent, informative video of older steam technology before its pinnacle. Thank you for a well thought, educational video with supporting annotations!
Nice guys onboard. I once helped docking by catching the rope (I have no maritime experience whatsoever) and I got a "Fangbier" - a free beer for catching. Nice people. I booked a ride. Probably the only ship where I could stay downstairs all the time.
Excellent explanation of the machinery, easy to understand! I love icebreakers and I love steam engines!
I just love watching these steam engines run. It would be a blast to work in there.
HONORS to the German men that designed, built, sailed and maintained that ship. Good work.
HONORS to the women that fed and took care of those men. Keep going.
British Boilers.
What a beautiful old vessel.
She’s lucky to have have survived the Soviets.
They took everything from the Russian zone back to Russia after the war.
Machines
Ships
Trains etc
And it’s good that you kept the original name.
Well done Bravo
It was in Hamburg in 1945. Hamburg fell under the British zone of occupation. And i kinda dont blame the Soviets for taking anything that wasn't nailed down. Germany did kind of burn half of their country to the ground.
Good video and first-class explantion.
I was a (steam) marine engineer during the 60s and 70s and I had one steam recip ship in the early 1970s. At high revs (76rpm!) it threw out oil everwhere and I got soaked without fail! It was great experience though, which I wouldn't have missed, before going back to turbine ships afterwards.
Thanks for posting such great memories.
What an amazing piece of engineering. And very detailed video. thanks
Wow ohne of the best documentations of Running steam Engines i‘ve ever seen!
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Truly an infernal machine. Human ingenuity knows no bounds.
Honestly, it seems more natural and intuitive than an internal combustion engine (like a diesel). Incredibly complicated, yes, but you can SEE everything that's going on.
to fully appreciate the size of the ships engine, a tour of the old Sulzer Werke in Winterthur, Switzerland gives a better overview. these engines are massive and huge. the precision of machining that went into them is breathtaking
Appreciate you mentioning the SS Badger as she is still in operation as well.
Many Viewers pointed it out in my previous Video of the Stettin. I already knew about the Badger in 2021, but falsely thought it would be fired by powderised Coal, like a Power Station. That's why I ignored it back then.
It amazes me how quite the engine room is, So relaxing.
Greetings from the Engine and Boiler Room crew of the SS Shieldhall!
Steam power! Nothing beats it.
I thought this was a yacht named after the Kardashians
@@matcampbell3552 No, but just as artificial
@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial Idk I just read "coal burning ship" on the thumbnail.
That rudder system is super fascinating! (well everything in that ship is, really, but that one stood out to me)
Very Nice! My grandfather was a "fire man" on steam locomotive when he was 14..shoveling that coal...jP
Brings back alot of good memories. Great vidio and well exsplaned.
Steam engines for running everything. This was amazing. Also the vacuum drawn in the third piston was a surprise and how the vacuum was produced also a surprise. Incredible technology.
On a steam turbine powered ship, the larger outer rotors of the turbine will run in a vacuum. The pressure decreases as the volume of the steam increases, much like the engine that you see here.
That is surprisingly a quick boat by today's standards!
Awesome video!!
It’s incredible how fast this ship can shift from forward to reverse.The subtitles were very informative.Thanks to you and all the volunteers involved.
A very nice explaining video on the functioning of the ship. Well explained, very interesting!. Thanks and thumps!
This was truly the best and most educational video i have seen to date on these beautiful engines 10/10 !!
WHAT REASON COULD ANYBODY GIVE THIS VIDEO A NEGATIVE REVIEW !!
The curved bars on the eccentrics is refered to as "Stevenson reversing gear" Had this on the river class frigate HMAS Diamantina now a museum ship in Brisbane Australia. Sadly a non runner.
I've initally had that "Stephenson's Link" in the Video, but removed it when I cut a few Things out to get the Video below 25 Minutes.
This is one excellent video, great animations. Now, I finally know how triple expansion engines work!
I didn't explain why though, because it would have made the Video too long. Steam cools down as it expands in the Cylinders, hence the Cylinder has a Temperature somewhere around the middle between the hot Steam coming in and cold(er) Steam going out. Dividing the Expansion over multiple Cylinders reduces this Temperature Gradient, and thus less Heat is wasted on "heating" the Cylinder when hot Steam enters it.
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Also the size of a single cylinder required to fully expand high pressure steam down to (or below) atmospheric pressure would be enormous, and difficult to start (maneuvering). Much easier to do it in stages with cranks at different angles on the crankshaft for smoother power impulses and easier starting...
I love steam tech. Unlike chips which cannot be repaired steam is easy to understand and soooo elegant!
This is one of the best tours of a SS engine room, I have operated on railway steam locomotives and land machines but marine was always a deep mystery to me, l have been informed, thank you.
Great video, very clear descriptions, thank you.
Fantastic seeing these old vessels operating.
Outstanding presentation. So many moving parts in this ship! And I hadn't realized before how many little steam engines to operate the other equipment in the vessel. Thank you.
Fabulous - awesome to see it still in good service and being worked.
Amazing. I enjoyed seeing all the different auxiliary systems and how they worked!
i learned something today.....im glad i stayed and watched the whole video
Excellent video! Very nice to see all the workings of this steam engine. Well done.👍
Super job ; thanks from old New Orleans 😎
If I ever come by there, a similar Video on the Steamer Natchez is on my Bucket List.
@@Genius_at_Work where is this ship?
This is the best of the "see-it-in-action" videos that I have seen. Well done!
I don't understand the function of the machinery in detail, but I am deeply fascinated by it. I've seen the Stettin a few times in my life, but I've never been aboard, well I might as a child, but I don't quite remember. I remember being in the engine room of the Freya and then I was in the engine room of some other steam ship, but I don't remember what ship that was.
My heart is glowing if i see this steamer from my homtown Hamburg here. Video very well done! Thank you.
Man what complicated machinery to operate and maintain, what man can do is amazing, I'm blown away.
This 1964 steam ship but until still running in good condition ..all are manual..caol manually put in the inside the boiler..I work in the steam ship as motorman and built in 1971 make by sweeden.the boiler is run by the heavy fuel oil. 2 big fire tube boilers ..the supply for 4 turbine cargo pumps 1 turbine generator.for the main engine we have HP Bleeder and LP Bleeder. Eveis in good condition too..have great voyage host..
Titanic fans really appreciate this video, thank you for uploading!
Nice explanations through the video. Looks and sounds well maintained. Thank you.
Maye I'm getting old but there is something sexy about a triple expansion steam engine. A mechcanical marvel for sure.
WOW... OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION ! 🎉🎉 Thank you very much !!
SS. Jeramiah O'Brien's engine room was also beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
Absolutely amazing all the working parts! It looks she is still going strong. Great video.🛳️
Das ist Maschinenbau vom feinsten.
Wissen das droht verloren zu gehen.
Danke das sie versuchen es zu erhalten.
Grüsse aus dem Harz
She might be the largest "museum ship" but Badger is a much larger ship in regular service on Lake Michigan. I've had the pleasure of a working visit in her engine room.
We came back from Wisconsin to Michigan last year on the ss badger. One week before the loading dock broke on the Michigan side.
c est incroyable a voir !! que de la Mecanique !! il faut vraiment preserver c 'est machine ! si vous avez besoin de personnel je suis là !!
Make sure you keep the ash from going underneath the stoker plate. Bilge sea water and ash corode the hull floor plates, transverse and longitudinal stringers, boiler mount and inner hull plate. When the vessel is slipped the weight can be too heavy and boiler mount breaks through the bottom hull. Always a good place for the engineer surveyor during survey to hit hard with a hammer or these days a thickness tester.
Very informative video! Lovely to see this vessel still working and under the power of steam and crewed by people younger than me! This ship is a wonderful educational resource as well as being part of our heritage so keep up the good work!
Thank you very much for this great video!!! ...And the ship is wonderful!!! .. Regards from Greece.
What a nice video, and such good, expert explanation on how it all works.... great work ! thank you for posting...
The most interesting video I've seen in a long time.
I did not understand much of that but it was fascinating to watch none the less. I bet there’s lots of asbestos in that thing and I bet the boiler room is hot in the summer!
No Asbestos; I don't know if it ever had any but they'd have been removed today regardless. The Diesel-Engined Museum Ship Cap San Diego in Hamburg had Asbestos-insulated Exhaust Pipes, but they have been replaced by Fiberglass in the 90ies. And the Boiler Room is colder than the Engine Room, because it has decent Air Circulation by the Vent Scoops, while all Circulation in the Engine Room is from the Boiler Blower drawing in Air. I'd estimate that the Boiler Room was 30-40°C when I recorded most of this Footage in July, while the Engine Room was 40-50°C then. I am a volunteer Mechanic on the Cap San Diego, and we sailed on the same Weekend in July and had up to 52°C in our Engine Room.
@ boiler blower? It’s not natural draft where the heat of the exhaust draws the fresh air in? I’m assuming the combustion air is what you’re referring to cooling the boiler room. I’m an hvav contractor in west Tn and there are still a few of the old low pressure steam boilers left in Memphis that used to burn coal but had gas burners installed years ago. Lots of them still have asbestos in the pipe elbows and in some of the gaskets too so that’s what made me think of that. I’m curious. Do the boilers also supply radiators for heating?
@@brianlittle717 of course they would, through pressure reducers- In the navy we called that "hotel steam."
This is an excellent video! Wish I'd seen this instead of the Reeperbahn! Have to visit again.
Season is from early May to mid September, although not always in Hamburg. The outside Views were recorded at the 2022 Flensburg Steam Fair, the onboard Footage on the North Sea between Büsum and Cuxhaven.
Thanks, great video of old but sturdy tech. My relatives came from Asia on steamships, flying was not yet invented. In Detroit they had these steam engines powering Boblo Cruise boat during 60's. Titanic said to have 29 coal fed boilers !
Wondeful stuff, thank you for filming it.
There were two old WWII submarine diesel engines at Vauxhall Motors Luton that were connected to electrical generators as a small area backup for the main original offices. These were very long engines which I believe were slanted to reduce overall height and possibly ten cylinders each? They became very useful in the major utilities strikes era when Grid electrical supply was 'rotationally' rationed.
The closest to this I can think of right now is the Woudagemaal Pumping Station in the Netherlands and the large B&W Two Stroke Diesel at Copenhagen's H.C. Ørsted Power Station, which today is the MAN Diesel House Museum. A popular Urban Myth says that that Engine was used to restart the Grid after a major Blackout in Sjælland in 2005, but the Grid actually was restarted via the Øresund Cable from Sweden and the Engine was only started up "just in Case", but did not feed any Power into the Grid. I already covered this Engine in a Video, and the Woudagemaal is on my Bucket List. It is the last active Steam Pumping Station in the World, and is still occasionally used to pump out Surge Water from Friesland (average Elevation 50 odd cm below Sea Level) during strong Winter Storms. It regularly runs twice per Year to ensure operational Readiness, and is open to the Public during these Test Runs.
Amazing video explaining thigs. German style precise and efficient!
Also amazing ship, the real deal and no diesel backup for anything.
Excellent video! I appreciate your providing descriptions of the working processes. I have been in the Badger’s engine room. Similar equipment, so it is easy to recognize the various components and their functions. Their engines are Uniflow Skinner design. They also do not condense the exhaust steam. Drawing boiler feed water directly from Lake Michigan.
Thanks for an enjoyable tour.
Operating without reduction gears and CPP....Bravo!
Oh how nice :) I planed to travel from Kiel to Lübeck with the Stettin, to see the Setttin from inside, but sadly my bike was stolen this day so i cancel it . THX that I can see what i ve missed. By the way look for the "Start eines U boot Motors aus dem 2. Weltkrieg Schiffsdiesel "
Very detailed and interesting video. I loved it!. When I was in school many decades ago i did Metal Work as a subject and had to make a steam engine that eventually did actually work . I can realy admire the complexity of this Icebreakers power plants.
I didnt know there were still triple expansion engines in service anywhere, cool to see theres ones still running
Absolutely marvellous video!
Great description of the machinery!
Thank you👍
Can you imagine plowing into the ice with that baby. Must have been epic!
I just love the rhythmic sound of everything, yes its loud af but soo calming.
It's quiet enough that you can have a normal Conversation, without having to shout
I keep coming back to this video. Very educational and interesting
Great video and footage. Thank you for posting. This ship is on my list
As always a fantastic video! Wish I could travel around as much as you seem to (as well as get the access you do), because I adore this kind of thing!
How can you dislike this video? Great ship!!!!
excellent tour!
Beautiful Old Steam Engine Ship nice video great
Tremendously impressive
Brilliant video as always
Thanks for that really good and well explained tour!
This is really incredible to watch. I'm a big fan of steam locomotives, and I don't know a whole lot about ships. Rather I thought I didn't, but it turns out much of the technology here is exactly the same as it would be in a locomotive. It's amazing to me just how similar it is mechanically and thermodynamically.
The use of corrugated metal to compensate for thermal expansion is absolutely ingenious to me. That is certainly one bit of technology that never made it into locomotives.
But the use of a feed water heater and mechanical stokers in some ships are right in my wheelhouse, if you will..
Can you post the ash ejector in a separate video? I would love to see how it operates as I volunteer on a museum ship that used to be coal fired, and I haven't been able to figure out where the ash used to go. A lot of the systems are shockingly similar.