SS Badger
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SS Badger is a passenger and vehicle ferry in the United States that has been in service on Lake Michigan since 1953. Currently, the ship shuttles between Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin
SS Badger arriving in Manitowoc in 2025
SS Badger docked at Ludington, Michigan
A wind turbine being loaded onto the ferry
Uniflow steam engine
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The uniflow type of steam engine uses steam that flows in one direction only in each half of the cylinder. Thermal efficiency is increased by having a temperature gradient along the cylinder. Steam al
SS Badger
…Badger is the last large coal-burning steamship in the United States and is the last vessel in service on the Great Lakes to be powered by Skinner Unaflow engines (manufactured by the Skinner Company of Erie, Pennsylvania). Typically, Badger completes a trip across Lake Michigan in about four hours, covering 60…
Galloway uniflow steam engine, now in Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum
A restored 1918 Atkinson Uniflow steam wagon, photographed in 1977