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Reversing Wheel

Turning this wheel changed the orientation of the valves in the engine and as a result, could change the ship's direction from forward to reverse. The recovery of the reversing wheel revealed a modification to Ericsson's design, which had originally specified a hand crank instead.

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Uploaded on February 28, 2015
Taken on February 12, 2015