steam-capstan

As soon as she had cleared the Irish coast, a sullen, grey-headed old wave of the Atlantic climbed leisurely over her straight bows, and sat down on the steam-capstan used for hauling up the anchor.

The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900

As fast as a little space was cleared, a small steamer went in, and with dredge and steam-capstan hauled out the obstructions.

The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

"Look ye here, my lad, I'm going to have that there end of the cable taken a turn round the steam-capstan, and as soon as the chaps have got full steam on, the screw shall be turned, and we'll wind it off fine and good as noo."

Fitz the Filibuster George Manville Fenn 1870

Ohio was about one hundred and fifty miles; but the rivers were so low that the steamboats proceeded slowly, delayed by various obstacles and impediments, At Letart's Falls, on the Ohio, the water was a broken rapid, up which the boats had to be warped one at a time, by means of a heavy warp-line made fast to the bank and carried to the steam-capstan on the steamer.

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 Jacob Dolson Cox 1864

a bill for small repairs in the engine-room almost as long as the screw-shaft; the forward cargo-hatch fell into bucket-staves when they raised the iron cross-bars; and the steam-capstan had been badly wrenched on its bed.

The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900