THE HULL: the boiler

Thoeried to have been saltwater feed, the water boiled in pipes which heated the air which drove the pistions in the engine which turned the paddle wheels.

The interior pipes have all disintegrated and collapsed into a near petrified heap.

Like the rest of the unwanted stuff down there, it was shoveled into buckets and carried out by hand. The pile shown here was one of many.
PHOTOS BY PAUL LECLERC
SS Vallejo 36 Varda Landing Sausalito, CA 94965 info@vallejo.to