Figure 8. — Stern-quarter view of the new model of the Savannah, showing one wheel partially 

 folded and the iron frames for canvas wheel-boxes in place. 



no real evidence that the engine and boilers suffered reached the English coast; however, she had enough 

 any great strains; the operating pressure of steam fuel left to steam up the Mersey to Liverpool, probably 



must have been low at all times. The boilers were 

 probably of very low efficiency and made steam slow- 

 ly. Fuel consumption was high, and, according to 

 the logbook, the vessel ran out of coal when she 



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using wood. At the time she ran out of coal she had 

 used her engine about 80 to 83 hours. While this 

 indicates a fuel consumption of almost a ton per hOur, 

 it must be remembered that the intermittent opera- 



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