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Steering Engine Room |
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Hydraulic pressure coming through two lines from Central Station (220 feet
forward) operated a steam powered engine. The engine rotated a shaft that
went aft to the screw gear in the Steering Gear Room, which turned the rudder. If the hydraulic system failed a manually turned wheel at the steering engine could operate the steam engine The shaft going aft to the steering gear is on the left labeled "To Steering Station Aft" |
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