Firefly
Owner: S. Clogston
Area: USA
Hull
Open Launch.
Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Rose designed by Bill Durham
Built 1981 by David Townsend at Calais, Maine
LOA: 20' 0", LWL: 18' 0", Beam: 4' 6",
White, varnished deck.
Boiler
Clyde Dry-back Scotch Built 2002 by Reggie Gross
Fuel: solid fuel, Pressure: 110 psi, Grate area: 133 sqft, Heating area: 13½ sqft,
Xhead driven fp, Kcond, no ap, hand fp, 2½ gall fw tank. 18" dia x 19" long, 29 x 1" copper tubes. 10" dia furnace.
Engine
Compound. 1 1/2" + 3" X 2 1/2"Built by Blackstaff
sv valve. Slip ecc. with spiral sleeve valve gear.
On 4 turned columns with side valve shaft.
Propeller
3 blades, aluminium, 14" X 21"
Shaft: 1" bronze
51 sqin blade area
History
New launch, built, fitted out and steam plant installed by owner 1981-3, first steamed June 1983. Originally fitted with Sam Clogston built (1960-80) 2" x 3" single with slip ecc and spiral sleeve reversing gear on 3 turned columns, and Sam Clogston built (1970-80) Bolsover type WT boiler. Propane fired, 100 psi, 10 sqft hs, 1 sqft pancake coil fwh in smokebox.
Last Modified: 2014.04.01.
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(R. Hasbrouck) Erie Canal, 1987