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Post by IRW on Dec 4, 2010 5:24:56 GMT -5
Here, you can talk about the very motor that powers those trains we love. The steam engine seems to be underestimated as a form of power, but let's bear in mind that old county water stations, which pumped water for whole counties (duh!), only used ONE STEAM ENGINE! One that still works, but is now redundant, is Papplewick pumping station, in Nottinghamshire. It has 6 boilers, and had it's own coal mine. It pumped 3000000 gallons of water a day, and to do this only used 5 1/4 tons of coal.
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Post by kingmush on Dec 4, 2010 10:24:24 GMT -5
Also don't forget some of the earliest working attempts of a steam engine (not turbine so don't talk about Hero's engine) came from the early 1700 and very late 1600s.
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Post by IRW on Dec 4, 2010 11:16:30 GMT -5
Very advanced for it's age...but alas, obsolete.
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Post by kingmush on Dec 4, 2010 15:30:42 GMT -5
That is oh so true
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Post by IRW on Dec 5, 2010 10:43:05 GMT -5
They are ultimate and powerful machines. The Papplewick one was going a pump every 4 seconds on HALF A BOILER, out of SIX ALTOGETHER. That's pretty powerful, don't you think?
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