Paddle Steamer Maid of the Loch's Engine in Steam 1st November 2019.

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At the end of August 1981, the Paddle Steamer Maid of the Loch’s engines and paddle wheels fell silent. Few would have thought that steam would ever flow through the Maid again.
After being laid up by her then owners, Caledonian MacBrayne, the Maid fell into such disrepair and neglect that she was in serious jeopardy of sinking at her berth at Balloch Pier.
Fast forward 38 years, and the current owners of the Maid of the Loch the Loch Lomond Steamship Company have just completed a £1.1 Million pound refit of the ship to budget and on time funded by the Scottish Government and other funders including the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society who donated £50,000 to the project.
This refit has seen the return to steam of the Maids engine, which involved replacing all the copper and brass fittings which were plundered from the ship after she had been laid up, also restored was the refurbishment of the Queens Lounge, the full restoration of the aft deck shelter and the rebuilding of her Port paddle box fascia which can be viewed from the pier and the installation of a lift from the promenade deck to the main deck.
The Maid of the Loch has now been provided with a quayside boiler, attached to the ship using flexi hoses from shore side to ship. A containerised Byworth MX1500 boiler, sited close to the ship now provides the Maid of the Loch's engine with enough steam to allow the engine and paddle wheels to be turned slowly.
In order to protect the vital steam connection and other service supply pipes and cable the Maids engine is run astern. This combined with the reduced thrust from her paddle wheels going astern leads to the Maid remaining static at her berth, will giving a good pull on her mooring lines while preserving the vital connections to the shore.
In this video footage, taken on the 1st of November 2019 the Maid of the Loch’s engines are started by John Beveridge who is the current Chairman and one of the founder members of the Loch Lomond Steamship Company which is the charity that owns the Maid and has the ultimate aim of restoring her to full operational condition in the near future. John has worked tirelessly on the Maids restoration from 1993, when the Scottish Branch of the PSPS began working parties on the ship to save her from further neglect and the beginning of her restoration.
It is hoped that the ongoing restoration of the Maid of the Loch can continue to gather momentum and one day we can all look forward to sailing on this unique Loch Lomond Paddle Steamer.

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@johng.lidstone2236 11 месяцев назад

Astonished to see PS Maid of the Loch's engines turning under steam! I last saw the Maid way back in 1990 and so, so many years later, to see (and hear) her breathing life again is wonderful. Well done all!

@colvinator1611 8 месяцев назад

Brilliant ! I visited the maid some years ago, maybe 6 or 7 I think. There was a tea room on board. Thanks a lot , Colin, Wakefield.

@nathanjoerndt8804 7 месяцев назад

i can understand there is a high pressure cylinder and a low pressure cylinder. but what about the other components of the ship ? like those silver robot like things that go back and forth and those black hexagon like wheels????

@SteamboatWilley 4 года назад

A fantastic milestone in the restoration. There is still a lot to do to get her sailing, but all the volunteers, staff and contractors deserve a big pat on the back for this achievement.

@MissionTapasya 4 года назад

Can anyone tell,why there is high pressure and low pressure cylinder Why there cant be equal pressure cylinder? Can we put equal pressure cylinder on both sides?

@MissionTapasya 4 года назад

@@seanconlan3138 thanks for replying

@SteamboatWilley 4 года назад

@@MissionTapasyaIt's a compound engine, so steam exhausted from the high pressure cylinder enters the larger low pressure cylinder (as steam expands, pressure is reduced while volume increases), where it does more work before being exhausted into the condenser. That way, you're getting more work from the same amount of steam. Waverley is a triple expansion engine, so uses three cylinders (each is progressively larger) instead of two to get even more work from the steam. Physics!

@markbeale7390 11 месяцев назад

Pressure × area = force,larger area lp piston force will equal hp piston force.

@MissionTapasya 4 года назад

Can anyone tell,why there is high pressure and low pressure cylinder Why there cant be equal pressure cylinder? Can we put equal pressure cylinder on both sides?

@SteamCrane 4 года назад

The steam is used twice, first in the high pressure cylinder, then in the low pressure cylinder. The high pressure cylinder is small, since the steam pressure is more pounds per square inch, and the low pressure cylinder is bigger, since the steam isn't as many psi, but still contains substantial energy. If you tried to take all of the energy from the steam at once, at the start of the piston stroke, the cylinder would be too big for the high pressure, and at the end of the stroke it would be too small for the remaining pressure. Larger steamboats like Waverley usually have 3 cylinders, High, Intermediate, and Low pressure, with steam used 3 times. Normally called Triple Expansion engines. On sidewheelers like Maid and Waverley, the engine is commonly inclined upward like this one. This also applies to many US steamboats. On propeller driven ships, the engine is usually vertical, like Titanic's.

@colvinator1611 8 месяцев назад

@@SteamCrane Thanks a lot for your interesting comments.