AN OHIO STEAMBOAT BUN BY PETROLEUM.
A successful experiment was made laat week on the Ohio River with petroleum as a substitute for coal iv navigation, The Cincinnati Grazette says of the new method of raising steam : — " The advantages of this arrangemant are so obvious that it seems almost superfluous, yet we cannot resist pointing out at least a few of them. Eirst of all we have the economy of the fuel itself — twenty dollar's worth of petroleum being equal to fifty dollar's worth of coal. Then there is the economy of weight and space which is as one to ten. In addition to this we have the savings of wages of firemen and coal-heavers, the saving of time in taking the fuel on board, and above all, the perfect control of the engineer over the fire, and complete absence of danger from sparks. The explosive qualities of petroleum have hitherto been the great bugbear by which our enterprising steamboat builders and machinists have been scared off. We are not at all surprised at this, for steam itself had to struggle hard ere it could assert its supremacy over every other power in use, and we feel satisfied that coal will give way to petroleum as the tow path gave way to the railway.
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Southland Times, Issue 755, 27 November 1867, Page 3
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214AN OHIO STEAMBOAT BUN BY PETROLEUM. Southland Times, Issue 755, 27 November 1867, Page 3
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