Quote Originally Posted by Jon View Post
Here's one of those triple expansion steam engines:







i have seen one of these engines up close, In Klaipeda ,Lithuania. They have a fishing museum at the old Fort where several boats and lots of fishing memorabilia is on display . After WW2 a lot of the libertyships were still tied up in Murmansk as it was too dangerous during the war to come back ,plus the Soviets decided that the ships were part of the deal anyway. They were cut up and their steel and equipment was put to use building a fishing fleet ,hence the steam engine on Display.