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TSS Earnslaw

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The TSS Earnslaw is a 1912 Edwardian vintage twin screw steamer plying the waters of Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand. [1]

27 relations: Agathis, Amazon River, Builder's plate, Central Otago, Drive shaft, Dunedin, Dunedin railway station, Elizabeth II, Engine room, Fireman (steam engine), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Kauri, New Zealand, Keel, Kingston, New Zealand, Lake Wakatipu, Lloyd's Register, Long ton, McGregor and Company, Mount Earnslaw, New Zealand Railways Department, Open hearth furnace, Queenstown, New Zealand, Real Journeys, SS Ben Lomond (1872), Steam engine, Steel, Twin-screw steamer.

Agathis

Agathis, commonly known as kauri or dammar, is a genus of 22 species of evergreen tree.

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Amazon River

The Amazon River (or; Spanish and Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and either the longest or second longest.

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Builder's plate

A builder's plate is usually a metal plate that is attached to rolling stock, bogies, construction equipment, trucks, automobiles, large household appliances, bridges, ships and more.

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Central Otago

Central Otago is an informal name for the inland part of the Otago region in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Drive shaft

A drive shaft, driveshaft, driving shaft, propeller shaft (prop shaft), or Cardan shaft is a mechanical component for transmitting torque and rotation, usually used to connect other components of a drive train that cannot be connected directly because of distance or the need to allow for relative movement between them.

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Dunedin

Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago region.

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Dunedin railway station

Dunedin railway station in Dunedin on New Zealand's South Island, designed by George Troup, is the city's fourth station.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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Engine room

On a ship, the engine room or ER is the propulsion machinery spaces of the vessel.

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Fireman (steam engine)

Fireman or stoker is the job title for someone whose job is to tend the fire for the running of a boiler, to heat a building, power a steam engine, etc.

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a 2008 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and the fourth installment in the ''Indiana Jones'' series.

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Kauri, New Zealand

Kauri is a locality in Northland, New Zealand.

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Keel

On boats and ships, the keel is either of two parts: a structural element that sometimes resembles a fin and protrudes below a boat along the central line, or a hydrodynamic element.

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Kingston, New Zealand

Kingston is a small town at the southernmost end of Lake Wakatipu, just north of the border of Otago and Southland, in New Zealand's South Island.

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Lake Wakatipu

Lake Wakatipu is an inland lake (finger lake) in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Lloyd's Register

Lloyd's Register Group Limited (LR) is a technical and business services organisation and a maritime classification society, wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a UK charity dedicated to research and education in science and engineering.

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Long ton

Long ton, also known as the imperial ton or displacement ton,Dictionary.com - "a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (1016 kg) or 35 cu.

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McGregor and Company

McGregor and Company Ltd was a heavy engineering company based in Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Mount Earnslaw

Mount Earnslaw, also known by its Māori name of Pikirakatahi, is a mountain on New Zealand's South Island.

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New Zealand Railways Department

The New Zealand Railways Department, NZR or NZGR (New Zealand Government Railways) and often known as the "Railways", was a government department charged with owning and maintaining New Zealand's railway infrastructure and operating the railway system.

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Open hearth furnace

Open hearth furnaces are one of a number of kinds of furnace where excess carbon and other impurities are burnt out of pig iron to produce steel.

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Queenstown, New Zealand

Queenstown (Tāhuna) is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island.

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Real Journeys

Real Journeys is a major South Island and New Zealand award-winning tourism company, privately owned by the Hutchins family since 1954.

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SS Ben Lomond (1872)

The S.S. Ben Lomond was an 1872 twin screw steamer plying the waters of Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

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Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon and other elements.

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Twin-screw steamer

A twin-screw steamer (or steamship) (TSS) is a steam-powered vessel propelled by two screw propellers, one on either side of the plane of the keel.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSS_Earnslaw

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