Staten Island Shipbuilding Co. compound steam engine
compound steam engine
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Staten Island Ship Building Co.
Circa 1927
approximate height 14 ft.
Two cylinder compound steam engine from tug PEGASUS (bt. 1927 as SOCONY 5 by (engine and boat) Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., for Standard Oil Company of New York); 850 HP; Scotch Steam Boiler - Fire Tube - Oil fired; PEGASUS converted to houseboat by naval architect Alfred F. Sanford, later converted to restaurant in Florida, and then to ticket booth and lounge for gambling boat.
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