DaveBrt
1st Lieutenant
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2010
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
Silverstone says the both ships had 2 screws and 2 horizontal non-condensing engines (18" x 1' 7"), 2 boilers; IHP 400.
The sketch on the Neuse web site shows only one boiler. The letter quoted says THE boiler was lowered into the ship. One source says a boiler like those in use at the time in locomotives was used; another says the machinery came from a nearby mill.
Silverstone also says the Neuse ran aground in May '64 and remained there until destroyed in April '65. There are plenty of documents to prove that the ship was refloated and returned to its home port in mid-64 and was ordered to make a diversion to buy time for the Confederate retreat from the city in '65.
So Silverstone's data is in question. Can anyone confirm the number of boilers in Neuse? How about in Albermarle?
The sketch on the Neuse web site shows only one boiler. The letter quoted says THE boiler was lowered into the ship. One source says a boiler like those in use at the time in locomotives was used; another says the machinery came from a nearby mill.
Silverstone also says the Neuse ran aground in May '64 and remained there until destroyed in April '65. There are plenty of documents to prove that the ship was refloated and returned to its home port in mid-64 and was ordered to make a diversion to buy time for the Confederate retreat from the city in '65.
So Silverstone's data is in question. Can anyone confirm the number of boilers in Neuse? How about in Albermarle?