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Conference Paper
- Title
- Engineering of the PS Mary Ann
- In
- 2015 South Australian Engineering Heritage Conference - Transactions [Fourth South Australian Engineering Heritage Conference - Adelaide 15 May 2015]
- Imprint
- Engineers Australia, South Australia Division, Adelaide, 2015, pp. 33-46
- Abstract
Steam navigation on the River Murray began with the launch of the locally-built paddle steamer Mary Ann in 1853. This pioneering vessel was recognised in December 2014 with an Engineering Heritage National Marker. By a quirk of history, the original boiler from this little vessel has survived and is on display in the Mannum Dock Museum. However, little is known about the engine which drove the little vessel on its historic voyages of thousands of kilometres along the Murray Darling. Gumeracha historian Bernard Arnold and Richard Venus have pieced together an account of the rather troublesome boiler. This paper also considers some likely options for the construction of the engine.
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- 2015 South Australian Engineering Heritage Conference - Transactions [Fourth South Australian Engineering Heritage Conference - Adelaide 15 May 2015] edited by Venus, Richard (Adelaide: Engineers Australia, South Australia Division, 2015), 100 pp. Details