October 25th Maneuvering Engineering

Interior of engine order telegraph featuring 6W, 130V 6S6 lamps.

Interior of engine order telegraph featuring 6W, 130V 6S6 lamps.

Interior of engine order telegraph featuring 6W, 130V 6S6 lamps.

Unwieldy to remove because of the bell wiring, but much lighter than we expected.

Aux generator breaker on left, aft battery feed breaker on right (which connects to the cage instead). The aux generator breaker uses oil dashpots that need refilling.

Field source selection knife switch. With the "aft battery" breaker closed, this is live.

Aft distribution shore power / forward-aft distribution bus tie knife switch. Was quite stuck on first opening -- which was done with the shore power off under portable AC lighting.

One of the aft battery and one of the aux bus fuses were blown. They are the two that look particularly corroded.

Motor order telegraph, starboard. This one's damage is confined to shearing a pin that held the detent mechanism. It still contains its detent mechanism.

Motor order telegraph, starboard. This one's damage is confined to shearing a pin that held the detent mechanism. It still contains its detent mechanism.

Motor order telegraph, port. It is apparently missing the detent mechanism.

Resistance thermometer.

Looking into the cage from port, forward side door.

Looking into the cage from port, forward side door.

Looking into the cage from port, forward side door.

Looking into the cage from port, forward side door.

In the "hatch" behind the high voltage sign. Polarity was measured to be correct. This is fed in "reverse" from the "aft battery" circuit breaker in the aft distribution panel. Drawings need to be consulted, but this may be generator #4? There is a reason for this specific hatch to be specifically here, and we did not see any prior cabling that was originally connected.

Disconnected motor lugs, starboard.

Starboard reduction drive inspection hatch lock.

Here's the SO cable on the port side snaking up to behind the aft distribution panel.

More disconnected motor lugs, port.

Looking up into the cage.

Starboard disconnected lugs.

Quite the flexible connection!

Quite the flexible connection!

Cage contol arms -- could use some lube.

Port motor lugs.

SO cable. Each taped together pair is a pole.

Rusty shaft, lube oil pump.

Standby lube oil pump.

Looking up from the motor room.

Looking up from the motor room.

Control panel (photo for reference to gauges).

Control panel (photo for reference to gauges).

Governor -- we did not open this enclosure.

Governor -- we did not open this enclosure.

Lighting bus distribution panel. I am curious about the inconsistency in fuses.

Aft distribution panel metering. Note aux generator glass.

Looking from port, after end door to cage.

Looking from port, after end door to cage. This is the port motor field power-sharing rheostat / resistor tap switch.

Meter fusing and connections, port side, accessed from aft door.

Looking from port, after end door to cage. Clutches for field rheostats for generators. Motor field rheostats are clutchless (the outside pair). The cut cable is for the direction alarm light.

Looking from port, after end door to cage. Looking up at the field rheostats -- they are more like motors with the way they have commutators! Yellow wiring is from history channel meter alteration.

Looking from port, after end door to cage. Looking up at the field rheostats -- they are more like motors with the way they have commutators! Yellow wiring is from history channel meter alteration.

Looking from port, after end door to cage. Looking up at the field rheostats -- they are more like motors with the way they have commutators! Yellow wiring is from history channel meter alteration.

Trying to find where that SO goes, port side, atop reduction drive.

My feet, testing the flash.

Trying to find where that SO goes, port side, atop reduction drive.