Sumpter250 Wrote:"pushing your abilities", is part of the learning process.Yeah, but is it fun!!!
The following is taken from “The Great Lakes Car Ferries” by George W. Hilton.
"Manitowoc." “Engines: Four fore and aft compound, 24” + 50” X 36”, 5200 HP.
Boilers: Six Scotch 13’9” x 11’6”, 160 pounds pressure."
Though the “Detroit” was built some 22 years earlier, I presume that the external view was similar to this........
https://www.shorpy.com/node/15756
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."