SS Mt Washington and the Weather channel

Dave R · 08-30-2004, 12:40 PM

Random thoughts about the Mount...

Hard to believe when looking at her that she's only 16 years younger than the original Mt. Washington, of course there's probably very little of the original iron left in her.

I was under the impression she was propeller driven from day one. I read that the diesel engines that were installed in 1940 were pulled out and sold the the Navy for use in a war ship. After the war, different engines were put in her.

Rochester Truck repair has a valve on thier sales counter that supposedly came from one of the Mount's engines. It's quite large and heavy.

Some of the pleasure boats on the lake have substantially more HP than the Mount which only has 1300 hp on tap.

08-30-2004, 12:40 PM	#22
Dave R Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,985 Thanks: 246 Thanked 744 Times in 444 Posts	Random thoughts about the Mount... Hard to believe when looking at her that she's only 16 years younger than the original Mt. Washington, of course there's probably very little of the original iron left in her. I was under the impression she was propeller driven from day one. I read that the diesel engines that were installed in 1940 were pulled out and sold the the Navy for use in a war ship. After the war, different engines were put in her. Rochester Truck repair has a valve on thier sales counter that supposedly came from one of the Mount's engines. It's quite large and heavy. Some of the pleasure boats on the lake have substantially more HP than the Mount which only has 1300 hp on tap.