Abou Sinn followed him and ran to the controls of the steam winch.

The launch, however, failed, as the steam winches and manual capstans used to haul the ship towards the water were not up to the job.

A heavy mast stood amidships to support the huge derrick and its steam winch.

Where one steam winch would have sufficed.

Shore-based steam winches pulled the wires, which spun the drums and drove the propellers.

The roar of the steam winch subsided.

They were equipped with modern machinery: ammunition hoists, searchlights and steam winches.

Two huge steam winches were built in under the forecastle and behind mast no. 6.

By 1891, the ferry was pulled by a steam winch and a seasonal pontoon bridge was added in the summer.

He was running a steam winch for the crew that day, and I saw him glance at Sleeth.