Well, i look at it this way; If the Navy can raise the turret off the Monitor Ironclad (the first turreted ship ever built; sunk around the same time as the 2-2-2s, if not earlier) and keep it intact enough for it to be preserved at a museum, then they can do the same with the Bicycles (the name for the 2-2-2 type engines). similarly, the Hunley (the first sucessful submarine in combat) was built from a loco boiler, and it was raised intact.
But then again, the turret is an inch and a half of iron body, with 1/2 inch iron framework, covered in 8 inches of iron armor. much more sturdily built than the engines i would suspect. but i don't know, maybe it would work. .
But then again, the turret is an inch and a half of iron body, with 1/2 inch iron framework, covered in 8 inches of iron armor. much more sturdily built than the engines i would suspect. but i don't know, maybe it would work. .