Murray River Paddle Steamers

A recent trip on the PS Alexander Arbuthnot from Port Echuca along the Murray River. The PS Alexander Arbuthnot was built as a barge in 1916 and converted to a paddle steamer in 1923. She is powered by a 10 hp Ruston and Hornsby Steam Engine.

[@thepubliceye]

Nice video but why the music, i would love to know what i'm looking at.

[@peterlittle4149]

The background music is a personal taste issue so apologies to you. Regarding what your looking at, well the video is just a taste of what the mighty Murray River at Euhuca has to offer. It is really a great place to visit if you are ever in the area. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Arbuthnot_(paddle_steamer)

[@thepubliceye]

@@peterlittle4149 I would love to visit but it will never happen.

[@philnewcomers9170]

Awfully background noise

[@austin12ascot]

Would love to visit this place. Trouble is, there's 12,000 miles in the way.

[@ursbae]

Wow, great little machines! What a difference to the Paddle Steamers I know from Switzerland... Thanks for the video!

[@russiannorth2440]

Thanks. very interesting. I posted a video of a paddle steamer. Built in 1911. This old man works in the north of Russia. Happy viewing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2OZfnVjdtOoqM0

[@rodericksmith8218]

Built with local materials and craftsmen, for local conditions. The Murray and Darling could be very shallow, so flat-hull shallow-draft was essential. The rivers also are very curved, so sidewheel was essential to tow barges. Hunt for other videos: there are many. Then look specifically for PS Marion and PS Ruby. Then plan your holiday. You can cover 2000 km of the Murray by day boat; you can cover perhaps 100 km by steam in various locations for most of the year, and another 500 km on annual voyages. I've done more, on special-event celebration voyages. Murray boats were and are woodburning. I can't recall any coalburner. Two modern private paddlesteamers burn oil.

[@jandoerlidoe3412]

10 hp ? I suppose that is 10 Nominal Hp . The engine is essential a portable engine ( DCC; Double crank Compound ? ) geared to the paddle wheel shaft, simple, trustworthy engineering,,,

[@AverageInternetEnjoyer.]

That was literally just a steam train that they used for the boiler it even still had buffers!

[@brianrigsby7900]

5:08 now that’s a steering wheel!😂

[@YARROWS9]

This was brilliant. Great machines. Love the Waverley from the UK aswell.

[@TepirTravel]

Wonderful video

[@peterlittle4149]

Thankyou

[@brianrigsby7900]

Y is she puffing but the bigger steamers don’t?

[@keithammleter3824]

It's venting spent steam from the engine cylinders to atmosphere, making the puffing sound, same as a railway locomotive. Bigger steamers route the spent steam into a condenser, which changes the steam back into water which is injected back into the boiler - a closed circuit that doesn't consume water. Essential on an ocean going vessel (salt water cannot be used in a boiler), but is a complexity unnecessary, though desirable, if it travels only on a fresh water river.

[@PolarBear71169]

Heyo, I work on these vessels, the timing on this particular engine is out, however on the other boats around town they aren’t, the reason u can’t here them chuff I’m not sure, unless ur on the roof u can here them, the Aussie paddlers never used condensers as they draw river water so we just let the steam go up into the atmosphere, hope this helps :)

[@SDCornishman]

Oh, The Mighty Muddy Murray River

[@khadijagwen]

The Audio naration is badly over driven and fuzzy.

[@luizcoelho2784]

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