Topic starter
11/09/2006 7:48 am
HI all,
Note picture below, new propulsion system, electric motor powered by diesel generators!
Topic starter
11/09/2006 7:54 am
OK, calm down, it's just the King's wheel
Took that picture of the King's wheel, and couldn't resist the (terrible) idea.
Back to your regular programing.
Here's a picture on board looking towards the bow.
We'll be on board Monday night for our 30th Anniversary, more pics later.
Steamcerely,
David D.
11/09/2006 2:23 pm
Is this for Real??
Has the Delta Queen actually been converted to a diesel elecric?? If so, we are losing a lot of our heritage. There is no way it could still be called a steamboat-and it was one of our best! I'd hate to see this also happen to the Belle of Louisville! They better not do away with the steam whistle!!!
To learn more about steam whistles and their design, I invite you to join us at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/steam-whistles
A well designed whistle does not have to be the inefficient sound signal that it has earned the reputation of being. There are some whistle designs more efficient and of higher output than air horns. Our goal is to educate the public and bring the whistle back as a viable, competitive alternative to current high power warning signals.
David Dewey;1269 wrote: HI all,
Note picture below, new propulsion system, electric motor powered by diesel generators!
11/09/2006 2:59 pm
All Electric PW
Does that puny little electric motor actually turn that great big wheel? My boat is diesel-electric, but our 80-ton, double, staggered paddlewheel requires two huge 750 hp, each, electric motors to spin it up to 13 to 15 rpms. Take a look.
11/09/2006 3:22 pm
Tiny Motor
The motor in the photo was so small that I didn't even see it! I imagined a much larger motor or pair of them hidden from sight. The motor shown in the photo couldn't possibly be for propulsion. Is this whole thing a sick joke?
Shipyard Sam;1274 wrote: Does that puny little electric motor actually turn that great big wheel? My boat is diesel-electric, but our 80-ton, double, staggered paddlewheel requires two huge 750 hp, each, electric motors to spin it up to 13 to 15 rpms. Take a look.
11/09/2006 4:11 pm
When I was on the DK back in 2002, I was given an in depth tour by one of the employees...he told me the motor is used to turn the wheel in case something were to be caught in the wheel or for maintainence...
11/09/2006 5:37 pm
READ HIS SECOND POSTING! NO, IT'S NOT FOR REAL! That's the Delta King, which is the sister boat to the DQ and its out in Sacramento serving as a hotel/restaurant. All her steam machinery is off of her, some of it on the DQ, as we've chronicled on this board many times.
Topic starter
11/09/2006 11:17 pm
I will ask tonite just what the motor is for. I believe the idea was to let the wheel roll with the current, but it didn't, so they thought they could help it a bit, but I'll bet that any push from the wheel would mess up their mooring situation. I've not seen the King's wheel turn.
And, no, it doesn't go anywhere, the Queen is using the King's wheel, and I believe, the HP cylinder assembly. All the Kings propulsion machinery was removed late 40s, early 50s before she went to Alaska, and that was about the time the Queen had a breakdown and the King's machinery was purchased. Out here in CA, the whereabouts of the machinery was a mystery for a long time--folks were looking all over for King's wheel! At least it is being put to good use. Now if I win the lotto BIG time. . . . Oh wait, I have to buy a ticket????!!!!
S'
David
PS, can't believe I actually "hooked" someone, even with my second posting!
Off to a night on the King!
11/09/2006 11:21 pm
September 16, 1954 THE breakdown just below here(Rock Island). That's when the starboard machinery from the King was bought and flown in to the Moline airport and installed on the DQ at the RI levee...