First unit of modern ferryboat fleet for San Francisco Bay service expected to save $80 per 16-hr. day per boat over steam. Nelseco engines are of vertical, 6 cylinder, 4 cycle, single-acting, mechanical-injection full Diesel type. (See also Mar. Eng. and Shipg. Age, vol. 32, no. 6, June 1927, pp. 327-328)


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    Title :

    Southern pacific's big diesel ferry Fresno


    Additional title:

    Motorship


    Published in:

    Motorship ; 12 , n 5


    Publication date :

    1927


    Size :

    3 pages


    Remarks:

    4 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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