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1880 [[Loftus Perkins]] (1834–1891), having experimented with the application to steam engines of the use of steam at very high pressures, constructed a 7-ton yacht, the [[SS Anthracite]]. The Anthracite was fitted with a Perkins boiler. She was built by [[Schlesinger, Davies and Co]] of Wallsend with engines by [[Hawks, Crawshay and | 1880 [[Loftus Perkins]] (1834–1891), having experimented with the application to steam engines of the use of steam at very high pressures, constructed a 7-ton yacht, the [[SS Anthracite]]. The Anthracite was fitted with a Perkins boiler. She was built by [[Schlesinger, Davies and Co]] of Wallsend with engines by [[Hawks, Crawshay and Sons]] of Gateshead.<ref>The Engineer 1880/95/28</ref> | ||
1880 [[W. W. Harris]], Acting Secretary of The [[Perkins Engine Co (of London)|Perkins' Engine Company]], Limited, of 19 and 21, Queen Victoria-street, wrote to The Engineer, announcing the arrival of the ship in St Johns, New Brunswick after an 18 day voyage.<ref>[[The Engineer 1880/06/25]]</ref> She was the smallest steam-powered vessel to have crossed the Atlantic. | 1880 [[W. W. Harris]], Acting Secretary of The [[Perkins Engine Co (of London)|Perkins' Engine Company]], Limited, of 19 and 21, Queen Victoria-street, wrote to The Engineer, announcing the arrival of the ship in St Johns, New Brunswick after an 18 day voyage.<ref>[[The Engineer 1880/06/25]]</ref> She was the smallest steam-powered vessel to have crossed the Atlantic. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:50, 10 March 2022
1880 Loftus Perkins (1834–1891), having experimented with the application to steam engines of the use of steam at very high pressures, constructed a 7-ton yacht, the SS Anthracite. The Anthracite was fitted with a Perkins boiler. She was built by Schlesinger, Davies and Co of Wallsend with engines by Hawks, Crawshay and Sons of Gateshead.[1]
1880 W. W. Harris, Acting Secretary of The Perkins' Engine Company, Limited, of 19 and 21, Queen Victoria-street, wrote to The Engineer, announcing the arrival of the ship in St Johns, New Brunswick after an 18 day voyage.[2] She was the smallest steam-powered vessel to have crossed the Atlantic.
1881 Description and drawings of compound engines on the Perkins Engine Co (of London) system, made by Hawks, Crawshay and Sons. [3]
1881 The vessel was owned by Frederick Power of Franks Hall, Farmingham, Kent. [4]