Stormworks: Build and Rescue

Stormworks: Build and Rescue

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Steamer Tahoe Late
   
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Steamer Tahoe Late

In 2 collections by TheSilverYob
Lake Tahoe Maritime
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Description
Welcome!
This is essentially the same as my other Tahoe Steamer except it has a few minor adjustments that were made to the vessel in its later life.
This vehicle is based off of the Steamer Tahoe which was launched in Glenbrook Lake Tahoe in 1896 and then scuttled in its home port in 1940. The vessel is one of the most famous vessels to have sailed the hight altitude mountain lake. The Tahoe was not the first ship to operate on Lake Tahoe as the lack of a highway in the early days made fast steamships necessary. The Tahoe Was the largest steamer to operate on the lake and had to be transported by horse all the way from San Fransisco across the Sierra Nevadas to be built in Glenbrook Nevada. The ship served its time transporting mail, passengers, supplies, and logs across the lake at an impressive speed due to its narrow beam and (at the time) powerful twin steam engines. In 1940 after several years of disuse due to new highways being constructed the decendants of the DL Bliss, the original owner, decided that rather than scrapping it they woulf scuttle it in its home port as an underwater museum/attraction to be seen by new glass bottomed tour boats. However when the ship was being towed out at night the towboats captain was afraid of the Tahoe dragging his ship down with it he decided to scuttle it to far out and it sank far deeper than expected. Today the ship still rests at the bottom with its hull in incredibly good condition for being underwater for 80 years. This is mostly due to the quality of the lakes freshwater, its depth underwater, and the high altitude.

Info
Built: 1896 Union Ironworks, SF, CA
Passengers: 200
Horsepower: 1200 HP
Boiler Pressure: 180 PSI
Top Speed: 18 1/2 Knots or 23 1/2 MPH
Length: 168 ft 9 in
Beam: 17 ft 10 in
More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Tahoe

Operation Manual
How to Start First go to the engine room and turn on both engines, then press the button push the throttle forwards. Make sure that the boiler is loaded with coal and periodically check it to make sure that the engine runs at maximum performance. There are two modes singleplayer and multiplayer, singleplayer allowes the player to operate the throttles from the wheelhouse, while multiplayer allows the ship to operate realistically by using the throttles in the wheelhouse as telegraphs to tell the crew to throttle up, down or stop the engines.

Features
Detailed Interior (Dining Saloon, Casino) Realistic engine room with moving bilge pumps and steam engines.
Thank You For Subscribing, This is my first large steamship hull I have ever built.
Do not re upload in any form without contacting us first! [/h1]
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/KFPj9QN
8 Comments
Salad  [author] 30 Jul, 2020 @ 12:04pm 
For the one in the description
Salad  [author] 30 Jul, 2020 @ 12:04pm 
Here is a fixed discord link: https://discord.gg/sTRMSnK
Wilderwalker 25 Jul, 2020 @ 6:42am 
Fascinating! Well I guess the best I'll get is the wikipedia page. :P Thank you for you're help though!
TheSilverYob  [author] 24 Jul, 2020 @ 7:48pm 
I dont really think so but I decided to go ahead and make this ship after finding many books and documents about it at my grandparents condo in Tahoe. Their friends used to be on the board of a boat museum so they had acces to many resources.
Wilderwalker 23 Jul, 2020 @ 7:31am 
This ship fascinates me. Do you know if there is there a Documentary on it?
TheSilverYob  [author] 22 Jul, 2020 @ 10:10pm 
no in her later years the Tahoe Steamer was slightly modified to have a different driving position, two extra intakes, and many other minor changes.
Wilderwalker 22 Jul, 2020 @ 3:03pm 
Is this one more detailed?