Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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SS Maine

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February 1888. Triple expansion engines of the SS Maine.

1888 Triple expansion engines by the Central Marine Engineering Co. ' .... a large Atlantic cargo steamer, built by Messrs. William Gray and Co., to the order of Messrs. Hooper, Murrell, and Williams, of the Atlantic Transport line of steamers, and was originally christened Swansea. The management being subsequently turned over to the Baltimore Storage and Lighterage Company, whose London managers are Messrs. Williams, Torrey, and Field, the name of the vessel was changed to Maine, so as to be in keeping with tho names of the Maryland, Montana, and Missouri vessels, built and engined by the same firms for the Baltimore Storage Company. .... engines have the bed plate all in one piece and that the under surface is planed all over in the machine so as to enable the engines to be truly erected on the special iron erecting tables, which are in use at the Central Engine Works. ....'[1]

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