File:Compound beam engine of steamer Honam.jpg

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English: A rare British-built compound beam marine steam engine, for the steamer SS Honam. Vertical or "walking" beam marine engines were common in the United States but not in the United Kingdom, while compound marine walking beam engines were rare even in the United States.
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Source Howell, G. Foster (1896). Howell's Steam Vessels and Marine Engines. p. 92.
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