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WALTER A. WINDSOR—River Towboat—Stern Wheel—Steam Name—WALTER A WINDSOR Owner—Burnside Barge Line Builder—Marietta Mfg. Co. Naval Architect—Marietta Mfg. Co. Launched—Dec. 1929; completed, March 1930 Classification—Owner’s requirements HULL PARTICULARS Length over all, 190 feet; length between per- pendiculars, 165 feet; breadth molded, 36 feet; depth molded, 6 feet 6 inches; draft, 5 feet; gross tonnage, 495; net tonnage, 495; bunker fuel capacity, in tons of coal, 120. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engines—Two tandem compound con- densing steam engines built by Marietta Mfg. Co. Size, 16 x 32 inches x 96 inches stroke; indicated horsepower, 1000 at 19 revolutions per minute of the stern wheel. The stern wheel is 22 feet 4 inches in diameter by 24 feet wide; 16 buckets 36 inches wide. Boilers—Five, Western river fire tube boilers, built by Marietta Mfg Co. Size, 42 inches in diameter by 28 feet long. Fuel, coal. Electric Generators—Engberg reciprocating engine driven built by Troy Engine & Mach. Co. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Pumps—-Worthington Pump & Mach. Corp. Capstans—Marietta Mfg. Co. Steering Engine—Marietta Mfg. Co. Refrigeration— Arctic DESCRIPTION This stern wheel towboat, though of more or less conven- tional Western river design is in many re- spects modern and is proving’ efficient in service, handling a large tow in the through trade from Pittsburgh to St. Louis, Memphis and New Or- leans. The power plant is designed with special emphasis on economy. The hull is of steel throughout. REMARKS This vessel in design incorporates the practical experience of a life-time of river operation by the owner and of many year’s experience in river towboat building by the shipyard. Nothing radical has been attempted. The engines are of the long stroke, horizontal type, each direct connected to the stern wheel cranks by pitmans. Though the boilers are also of the large diameter long flue Western river type, a good deal of attention has been given to saving the fuel by careful insulation of all exposed steam pipes and by the use of an efficient condenser and good feed water heating. Care has also been taken to protect the boiler from impurities in the water supply by the installation of filters and grease extractors. The boilers, five in num- ber are located parallel, well toward the for- ward end of the vessel with the furnaces fac- ing forward. Immediately forward of the boiler room is a good capacity coal bunker. On the forward end are located two powerful capstans. Cabin arrangements for the officers and crew are located on the boiler deck and are very well laid out, giving excellent quarters. <A large room with bath adjoining has been arranged for the captain and for the owner respectively, on the port and starboard side at the forward end of the quarters. Aft of these two spaces are two spare rooms. OF. Vy —/ WALTER A WINDSOR \ WLU | FE Fee ae ee MARINE REvirw—April, 1931 ie 3 . S :