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MARINE REVIEW. 4 Wola . CLEVELAND, OHIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1802. No. 26. Excursion Steamer City of Toledo. In the construction of the side-wheel steamer City of Toledo, now engaged in pas- senger business between Toledo and Lake Erie islands, the lakes present another type of boat that will prove especially interesting to builders and owners in the excursion busi- ness. Engravings of the boat and her machinery, as well as the yard of the Craig Ship Building Company, Toledo, where she was built, accompany this issue. 'The boat is owned by the Toledo aud Island Steamboat Company of Toledo and is distinctively an excursion steamer. The machinery, built by the Cleveland Ship Building Company, is a leading feature in the boat. The en- gines are believed to be the first inclined triple expansion three crank engines ever built and great credit is due to designers and builders for turning out so good a job of an entirely new type, as it is thought they will be the coming engines for high speed, economical side-wheel steamers. at*highest speed. This was accomplished by a judicious com- bination of partial horizontal and vertical bulkheads. Two boilers of the gunboat type furnish steam at 160 pounds work- ing pressur The boilers are 10 feet 10 inches diameter by 21 feet long, each one having three 46-inch furnaces. On trial these engines have developed 1,641 indicated horse power run- ning at 4o revolutions per minute. Mr. A. Angstrum of the INCLINED TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES OF STEAMER CITY OF TOLEDO. The cylinders are 26, 42 and 66 inches by 72 inches stroke. The high pressure cylinder is placed between the intermediate and low pressure cylinders and has a piston valve actuated by a Joy radial valve gear. 'The intermediate and low pressure cyl- inders have double-ported slide valves and ordinary link motion. The air pump is operated independent of the main engine and is of the duplex type. The wheels are of the feathering type, 19% feet outside of floats, which are 9% feet wide, there being nine to each wheel. 'he manner devised by the engine builders for supporting the engine in the hull is noteworthy from the fact that there is a total absence of vibration even when running Cleveland Ship Building Company was the designer of the engines The City of Toledo was built to accomodate the travel be- tween Toledo and Put-in-Bay, and is probably as great a success as an excursion steamer as anything ever built on the lakes. She is 2ro feet on line of floatation, 32 feet beam and 12% feet moulded depth. She is built of mild steel and was guaranteed by her contractors to make 16 statute miles without any extra exertion in the way of making steam. She has exceeded that, having made the 16-mile run from West Sister light-house to Middle Bass club house dock in 47 minutes, over 20 miles an hour. The boilers and machinery are all below the main deck,