DIESEL ELECTRIC TUG

Hokitika Guardian, 6 October 1924, Page 3

DIESEL ELECTRIC TUG

- The first Diesel clc. Irii-ally propelled tugboat ever built was completed 1,,- t*:.■ I emixylvania Railroad System livently. The distinctive Mature oi the propelling mechanism consists i.l L«o \\* iiito 11 Diesel oil burning engines, cu:-h driving a Westiiighouse generator u» sup, iy the electric current which is tin n utilised by a Westiiighouse si.> shaft Im.-se-power motor to drive the screw propeller 120 revolutions a mi 11 ii t •-. The tug dilie;s from all linos ennstriu'tcd. it'll only by reason .-I being propelled by electricity but also in the fact that the pilot ditectly control:-; the propelling machinery es well as the steering apparatus, instead ni transmitting signals calling; lor full speed ahead, stop, astern, elf. He directly control., tlic propelling mnln.- by means levers in exactly llic same manner :,.s the innlorman .1 an electric car cillll lol.s its speed. 'I lie lug is ID', feet ill length with a 2:> l. beam and draws I tilt ol wetcr. Il will be Used for general purposes ill New York Harbor, im-indiug tin- handling of on finals between Jersey City and vai ions terminals of the lVnnxylvania Railroad System. IL will be tried out also between (ape ( harli-s and Norfolk with the idea, of developing nigs of similar design for this service.