Two centuries of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock (1906)
Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd · London : offices of "Engineering" · leaf 68
out thirty years this was thestandard type of marine engine for paddle steamers. The Gothic architectural design for the main framing1 Greenock Advertiser, January 22nd, 1839. Standard Design of Engines, 1840. 29 was gradually abandoned for something less ornamentaland perhaps more mechanical. The… … TYPE OF SIDE-LEVER ENGINE OF 1840. Dee by the Scotts. She was 213 ft. 9 in. long, 30 ft. 4 in.beam, and 30 ft. in depth, the burden tonnage being 1848tons. On a draught of 17 ft. 6 in. she carried 700 tons ofcargo; and, as with most of the oversea liners of the period,the average speed was only…
