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Posts: 15 14-Mar-2008 18:40:18 |
Hello,
What machinery or fittings would have had canvas coverings, heavily greased it appears, in US Treaty cruisers's engine spaces? TIA |
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Posts: 8952 19-Mar-2008 00:52:21 Generally Obscure |
The first things that came to my mind were expansion joints and bellows fittings.
The same components would later employ higher-tech rubberized parts, often reinforced with wire inside the rubber. |
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Posts: 17 19-Mar-2008 22:53:57 |
Hello jim 1:
Thanks very much. I wondered if they weren't used on some type of joints, but had no idea which kind. |
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Posts: 8954 20-Mar-2008 03:59:04 Generally Obscure |
You're very welcome!
Do keep in mind that mine were guesses. I've spent a fair amount of time in the engine rooms of a US cruiser, but it was built post-WWII. I'm getting old, but I'm not THAT old ;-) There are some other possibilities. There could have been some component within it that needed to be guarded from foreign material intrusion. In that case, the grease could have been water-proofing. Do you have a link to a picture? |
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Posts: 18 20-Mar-2008 05:15:55 |
Hello,
And thanks once more. Sorry, no pic. Apparently the material (heavy cloth/canvas) appears to have been pretty well impregnated with grease, so your suggestion seems a reasonable one. |
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| Engine Room question re US cruisers | 14-Mar-2008 18:40:18 | CA30ist |
| Re: Engine Room question re US cruisers | 19-Mar-2008 00:52:21 | jim 1 |
| Re: Engine Room question re US cruisers | 19-Mar-2008 22:53:57 | CA30ist |
| Re: Engine Room question re US cruisers | 20-Mar-2008 03:59:04 | jim 1 |
| Re: Engine Room question re US cruisers | 20-Mar-2008 05:15:55 | CA30ist |
