Coal and Water during the Steam Era

[Erik_Mag]

BaltACD

 YOU DON'T RUN STEAM ENGINES OUT OF WATER.

Or as Lucius Beebe once wrote aboout a boiler explosion "No water over the crownsheet will do it everytime".

The root cause of the Three Mile Island failure was the steam generator (boiler) running dry due problems with the feedwater pump (injector), which then led to the reactor running dry due to a leaking power operated relief valve (somewhat similar to a safety valve) compounded by problems the reactor's water level sensor (sight glass).

[timz]

BaltACD

B&O's Cincinnatian on its original routing ran between Mt. Royal Station in Baltimore to Cincinnati ...

The five-car train's longest nonstop run was less than 90 miles; water could be had at each of its stops.

[Paul of Covington]

BaltACD

YOU DON'T RUN STEAM ENGINES OUT OF WATER.

   Not more than once, anyway.