Steam Engine [Triple Expansion]
Maker and role
Campbell and Calderwood, Manufacturer
Production date
1911
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Object detail
Accession number
2005.93
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Production period
Description
1911 Triple Expansion Steam engine. It has a grooved fly wheel fitted for driving machinery by rope belts. Speed approximately 130 rpm. Originally fitted to Greycliffe Ferry, later worked at Tirau Dairy Factory.
Brief History
This steam engine, made in 1911, was originally installed in the 125 feet, wooden, double-ended steam ferry ‘Greycliffe,’ that plied Sydney Harbour. The ‘Greycliffe' sank after a fatal collision with the Union Steamship Company’s RMS Tahiti on 3 November 1927.
Soon after the sinking, the ferry’s engine was salvaged and then shipped to New Zealand in 1928. In 1938 the engine was installed in the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company’s new dairy factory in Tirau in the Waikato. A large, grooved 2-metre flywheel was fitted to the crankshaft. By using continuous rope belts, the engine drove ammonia compressors and butter churns until 1968. It was then donated to MOTAT.
Campbell & Calderwood, formed in 1899, were makers of engines for screw and paddle steamers at their Soho Engine Works in Paisley, Scotland.
Soon after the sinking, the ferry’s engine was salvaged and then shipped to New Zealand in 1928. In 1938 the engine was installed in the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company’s new dairy factory in Tirau in the Waikato. A large, grooved 2-metre flywheel was fitted to the crankshaft. By using continuous rope belts, the engine drove ammonia compressors and butter churns until 1968. It was then donated to MOTAT.
Campbell & Calderwood, formed in 1899, were makers of engines for screw and paddle steamers at their Soho Engine Works in Paisley, Scotland.
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Collection
Credit Line
Campbell and Calderwood. 1911. Steam Engine [Triple Expansion], 2005.93. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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