The Titanic boilers

Geno_15

All I could find was this, can't find any info on the manufacturer???? Are you sure that is the right name??


Boilers. – All the boilers were 15 ft. 9 in. in diameter, the 24 double-ended boilers being 20 ft. long, and the single-ended 11 ft. 9 in. long. Each double-ended boiler had six, and each single-ended boiler three furnaces, with a total heating surface of 144,142 sq. ft. and a grate surface of 3,466 sq. ft. The boilers were constructed in accordance with the rules of the Board of Trade for a working pressure of 215 lb. per sq. in. They were arranged for working under natural draught, assisted by fans, which blew air into the open stokehold.

RonE

The Titanic boilers

My Grand son was watching the History channel ..the one about the Titanic, I wasn't paying much attention as I have seen it. They were showing the boilers and it looked like the front of the boiler had "Mclain" stamped on it.This is the first time I noticed it.Was Mclain a boiler manf. from england?

Boiler Guy

I am

abit of a Titanic junkie. I will have to look through dome of my materials to see if I can find any info on this.

BillW@honeywell

There's another picture...

that shows a guy standing in the low pressure cylinder of one of her two triple-expansion reciprocating engines. He looks like a mouse in a garbage can. Another shows a team of what looks like Clydesdale horses hauling one of the anchors on a huge wagon. Amazing stuff!

Steamhead

There was a J.H. McLain Company in America

which later became part of Weil-McLain. I don't know if they had a European presence the way American Radiator Co. did.

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RonE

Titanic

I will have to watch it again I will be more alert when they are discribing the boilers ...it was only on screen a couple of seconds. Thanks guys

Uni R

Titanic Info

"The ship was fitted with 29 boilers and 159 furnaces. (24 double ended boilers and 5 single ended boilers) Over 8,000 tons of coal filled her coal bunkers. The coal fired furnaces heated water in the boilers to generate steam. The steam (215 psi) was then funneled to the tipple expansion engines. Once the steam entered the engine cylinder it created the necessary power to turn the propellers. If the turbine was not in use, such as reverse orders to the helm or entering or leaving port, lost steam would condense in evaporators and the water would be returned to the boilers. Controlling the amount of steam fed to the engines controlled the speed of the ship. Exhaust was vented through Titanic's first 3 funnels, the fourth was a dummy funnel used for ventilation and storage. Many Titanic enthusiasts enjoy pointing out errors in various Titanic movies and artwork by noticing smoke coming from the 4th funnel."

There may have been more than one boiler manufacturer involved with her.

Aidan (UK)

Titanic's Boilers

There's some information on the Titanic's mechanical plant on the web site below.

http://www.copperas.com/titanic/boiler.htm

There is a picture showing the 'Boiler Shop' at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast where Titanic was built. I'd assume from this that the boilers were built in the shipyard.

Boiler Guy

VERY COOL SITE !!