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<p>Created page with &#039;a-frame: pair of pivoting posts rigged for lifting acorn: common finial design ash pan: grated area beneath furnace ash well: pipe running from ash pan out hull bottom arm: …&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>a-frame: pair of pivoting posts rigged for lifting<br /> <br /> acorn: common finial design<br /> <br /> ash pan: grated area beneath furnace<br /> <br /> ash well: pipe running from ash pan out hull bottom<br /> <br /> arm: paddlewheel spoke<br /> <br /> backing bell: middle tone, used for signaling engineer<br /> <br /> backing line: tie-up for pulling a vessel in reverse<br /> <br /> balance bucket: heavy bucket (plank) in the paddlewheel used to balance weight of crank and pitman arm. <br /> <br /> balanced rudder: rudder with area forward of tiller post. <br /> <br /> bar: in a river, a sand or gravel obstruction/shallow area<br /> <br /> beam: hull width<br /> <br /> beam engine: used to transfer motion from piston to crankshaft<br /> <br /> bed plate (or sole plate): cast iron base for marine engine<br /> <br /> berths: beds aboard, or cabins containing beds<br /> <br /> bilge: bottom of the hull<br /> <br /> bilge streaks: longitudinal timbers atop frames or ribs in the bilge. <br /> <br /> boiler: water-filled metal tank heated to produce steam for locomotive power<br /> <br /> boiler, Cochran’s: early watertube boiler<br /> <br /> boiler, double ended scotch: furnaces at each end <br /> <br /> boiler, drop-flue: a return flue design which drops the carbons downward<br /> <br /> boiler, dry bottom and wet bottom: <br /> <br /> boiler deck: level above the boilers<br /> <br /> bow: forward area of vessel<br /> <br /> bowsprit: spar, forward-raking, to which tackle, sails and rigging attach. <br /> <br /> braces: hogging posts and associated timbers</div>

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