The Seaway Queen

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Metro Marine Modellers
Established 1958

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The Seaway Queen

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A tour of the "Laker" tied up in Toronto Harbour
June 10, 2001
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.The Outside | The Engine Room | The Helm | Lunch .

The heart of the "Seaway Queen" the engine room. Several stories tall, it houses not just the engine but also all the other machines that keep the ship afloat.

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Click on pictures to view details enlarged - it's time well spent.
Pictures and Text by Klaus D. Ruthard (ruthard@home.com).
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The Engine Room
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The two that organized the tour: Nicholas, the chief engineer and care taker of the boat while it is in the harbour and Don Keeley, member of the Metro Marine Modellers Club	The electric controls that keep the engine, the pumps and valves going during operation	To the left the president of the MMM, Bob Farrant, to the right Nicholas with a wealth of knowledge about the "Seaway Queen"	At least they look interested. Do they know what Nicholas is talking about?
	Pipes, what for we are not so sure but certainly Nicholas knows		More pipes and valves

Cables overhead, pipes and valves and oil pipes	I wonder what's behind this thing.	Into the depth of the engine room	Only Nicholas knows what this is all for.

A beautiful 40 year old brass engine indicator	Coming out of the bowels of the ship	Here is where the action is. The people at the helm might think they control the boat but here it's happening	After all the machinery that's three times older than I am a game of Nintendo is what I need

The pump for the ballast when there is no cargo aboard	The valves for the ballast tanks	The engine oil tank and the two pumps that move the oil	An engineers dream - more pipes and valves.

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The Outside | The Engine Room | The Helm | Lunch

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