Mystery Sternwheeler By Keith Black - 1:120 Scale - 1870's Mosquito Fleet Work Boat

[Keith Black]

58 minutes ago, TBlack said:

OK, OK, this thread has caught my imagination, not to mention that it’s another Keith Black original. I’m in!

Thank you for joining in, Tom. It's always good to have family taking part in the journey. 

[Jim Lad]

A very 'homey' looking working paddle steamer, Keith. She'll make a great model.

 

John

[Keith Black]

9 hours ago, Jim Lad said:

A very 'homey' looking working paddle steamer, Keith. She'll make a great model.

 Thank you, John. I look forward to this project but it has to wait till I finish the barge in the Susquehanna River build. 

[mdulaney]

I note that very few mosquito fleet steamers were coal fired; they were almost all wood fired right up until oil fire technology became serviceable, and nearly all steamers were oil fired after that point.  Even the big fast steamers like the Flyer burned wood.

 

[Keith Black]

1 hour ago, mdulaney said:

I note that very few mosquito fleet steamers were coal fired; they were almost all wood fired right up until oil fire technology became serviceable, and nearly all steamers were oil fired after that point.  Even the big fast steamers like the Flyer burned wood.

 

Would you please provide the reference source from which you derived this conclusion as my research indicated that once coal was discovered and developed, coal became the primary fuel source for the Mosquito Fleet.

 

 Early coal development.  https://www.historylink.org/File/5158

 

 From  https://www.historylink.org/file/869

 

"Initially, wood was the fuel of choice, but it was replaced by more efficient coal and later by oil. (In the 1890s, King and Pierce counties produced about a million tons of coal annually. "

 

  Thank you for posting. 

 

    Keith

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