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.

WeirsBeachBoater · 08-31-2004, 06:12 PM

Actually all of the original hull from 1888 is still there. True, it has been plated over since then but if you were to see her from below decks you would see the original pieces brought to lakeport in 1940. As far as the engines go, she was originally powered by steam engines in 1940, but as you mention they were removed for the war effort. She was repowered in '46 with the present Enterprise Diesels that run her twin screws. So she has always been twin screw since 1940 the only change was the engines from steam to diesel.

Dave R · 09-01-2004, 01:19 PM

Great info, thanks. This forum is great. It's fun to see my kids get excited whenever they spot the Mount on the lake. Have to admit I rather enjoy a mount siting myself. She's a neat old ship.

08-31-2004, 06:12 PM	#2
WeirsBeachBoater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 709 Blog Entries: 9 Thanks: 39 Thanked 148 Times in 65 Posts	Dave R.. Actually all of the original hull from 1888 is still there. True, it has been plated over since then but if you were to see her from below decks you would see the original pieces brought to lakeport in 1940. As far as the engines go, she was originally powered by steam engines in 1940, but as you mention they were removed for the war effort. She was repowered in '46 with the present Enterprise Diesels that run her twin screws. So she has always been twin screw since 1940 the only change was the engines from steam to diesel.

08-30-2004, 12:40 PM	#1
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.

09-01-2004, 01:19 PM	#3
Dave R Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,985 Thanks: 246 Thanked 744 Times in 444 Posts	Great info, thanks. This forum is great. It's fun to see my kids get excited whenever they spot the Mount on the lake. Have to admit I rather enjoy a mount siting myself. She's a neat old ship.