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The Yavari

WARNING: These pictures were taken by an engineering geek, probably only to be enjoyed by other engineering geeks. 

The Yavari was a steamship built in pieces in England back in 1862.  The 2,766 pieces were shipped to Arica, railroaded the short distance to Tacna, and then over six years brought by mule the remaining 300km (190 mi)!

The Yavari organization has a much more detailed website at http://www.yavari.org.

 

Masami presents The Yavari.



One of the crew gave us a tour.  Despite being in the marine business, Will was at a loss for some of the vocabulary. 



A model of the Yavari.





Sailor (men) humor....

The path the 2,766 pieces had to follow.  Again, from Tacna (elev. 560 meters) to Puno (elev. 3830m) took the mule train 6 years to complete!

In the 1970's, the ship was abandonned by the side of the lake and began to rust.  In 1987, the reclamation effort was begun.



The Swedish two-stroke, four cylinder diesel was installed in 1914.  The ship was originally designed to use a coal fired boiler.  Unfortunately, there was no coal near Lake Titicaca so the ship was cut in two, had about 8 meters additional length inserted, and then had the boiler enlarged to run on dried llama dung!

Many of these are original tools.

The electrical generator...

...with its advanced control system.

The four cylinders.

The diesel fuel tank.

The clutch.


The stern.



The skylights.

The engine order telegraph.

The main steering wheel.

The compass binacle.







Original blueprints.

The bow.

The anchor system.







Will standing at the emergency steering wheel located aft.

Masami salutes you for actually getting this far with Will's pictures of the Yavari!!
 

Again, for more, visit The Yavari Organization's website at http://www.yavari.org.


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