| Description | Steam Boat Engines (6 items).
1191. Constance Steam Boat Co. Rhine Steamer Union (FF & FP). Feb., Apr. 1831. 6 items.
Two 14 horse power side lever boat engines, with 23½ inch cylinders, 2½ foot strokes. Boat formerly worked on Lake Neufchatel.
Proposed alteration of the chimney - drawing made in the London office; pencil section of the boat and a bridge; midship section of the boat and engines, longitudinal section of the engine room, plan of the engine sleepers - reverse drawings made in the London office; note re Hollins Hunt taking drawings of the chimney to the Foundry.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 844. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 312.
For the Constance Steam Boat Co. The boat originally worked on Lake Neufchatel and was bought by the Constance Steam Boat Co. in 1831, for working on the River Rhine. A new book, No. 844, was opened for drawings of alterations made when the boat was sold. The boat's draft drawing of this time (in The Steam Boat Box, 5/1477) suggests that the boat was re-named Helvetia.
See also: Pf. 1190.
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