USS Monitor "Monadnock" Trunk Steam Engine Animation.avi

[WWII4444]

the way it works seems rather ungainly at first glance.

[keyboardjeff]

Very nice.

[Buemmo]

samll and effective! What else can you wish for?

[steamnut2008]

Normally, the cylinders would be separated, and a standard crankshaft installed between them, but John Ericsson used this unusual combination of two single-trunk cylinders because the space available at the rear of the ironclad "Monitor" was very limited, and this was a very compact design that would fit into the hull. It produced a large amount of horsepower in a small packaged unit.

[Robkat3751]

very strange way to get the rotational to the shaft.