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Forward of the steering flat is the main Engine Room. When built in 1925, the Mather had coal-fired boilers and a quadruple-expansion steam engine that could generate 2300 horsepower. In 1954 this was replaced with a 5000 horsepower steam turbine engine and a new oil-fired boiler. Steam produced in the single boiler was fed to the high and low pressure turbines. Double reduction gears connect the turbines to the propeller shaft. The Mather has a single five-bladed propeller 15 feet in diameter. Steam also powered the AC generators for electricity, and provide hot water and heat. The Mather was the first U.S. registered vessel to have an automated boiler system installed in 1964. Aft of the boiler is the Chadburn, or ship's telegraph, which is the main communication link between the Pilot House and the Engine Room.
Below the operating level of the engine room shown in the above pictures is the pump deck. Many of the ship's auxiliary equipment is located on the pump deck as well as the ballast tank manifold.
This is how the engine room looked in 1989 when the Mather first arrived in Cleveland prior to restoration.
Looking down from the top of the 4-story tall engineroom.
Officer's Dining Room
Crew's Mess, Galley and Pantry
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