Triple expansion engine

Triple expansion engine inscribed with the words 'W SISSON \&\ Co LTD ENGINEERS \&\ NAVAL ARCHITECTS GLOUCESTER No. 2601 1927' and 'TESTED TO 100LBS 2.5.27'. Installed in the Thames river steamer 'Mapledurham' owned by Salter Bros. of Oxford, a steel hulled vessel of 1927.

Object Details

ID: EQS0113
Collection: Machinery and fittings
Type: Triple expansion engine
Display location: Not on display
Creator: W. Sisson and Co. Ltd
Places: Gloucester
Vessels: Mapledurham
Date made: 1927
People: Salters Steamers
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 1510 mm x 1294 mm x 987 mm