The Narrows, built by Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, Long Island, for service between Brooklyn and Staten Island; propelled by two 8-cyl, 2-cycle, General Motors Diesel engines of 800 hp, each direct connected to 544-kw generator turning at 750 rpm. Similar descriptions indexed in Engineering Index 1946 p 415, from various sources.


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    Title :

    New York's latest diesel-electric ferry


    Additional title:

    Pac Mar Rev


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1946


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Diesel-electric ferry

    Diefenbach, E.G. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1940


    Diesel-electric ferry

    Diefenbach, E.G. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1940


    Diesel-electric ferry

    Diefenbach, E.G. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1940


    New York's first diesel-electric ferries

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1926


    New York's Hudson River Ferry System, needs modernization

    Johnson, E. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1931