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Round Island Light Station - 1909

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Steam Boiler:

Kind:

Tube:

Dimensions:

Length:

Diameter:

Tube desc:

Steam tube diameter:

Steam Furnace Kind:

Furnace length:

Furnace width:

Furnace height:

Steam heat surface:

Steam grate surface:

Number of grate bars:

Kind of grate bars:

Steam fuel:

Steam safety valve:

Steam max pressure:

Steam working pressure:

Steam diam of smokestack:

Smokestack height:

Drum dimension:

Steam Drum diameter:

Steam covering:

Steam boiler condition:

Steam boiler built:

Where built:

Manufacturer:

Steam heater:

Kind:

Size:

Heater time affect:

Steam Engine kind:

Steam Engine revolution:

Steam Engine cyl diameter:

Steam Engine piston stroke:

Steam Engine pipe size:

Steam Engine when built:

Steam Engine where built:

Manufacturer:

Kingsford compact open-bottom marine boiler, Pat. 1894.

Flue-tube.

Height 7' 9"

6' 6 3/4"

Width 4' 9 3/4"

102 - 4' 9.5" long (order 4' 10")

2.5"

Internal

4' 3"

19"

413.88 sq. ft.; steam space 53.75 cu. ft.

21 1/4 sq. ft.; water space 62.29 cu. ft.

Double bars, 5' long, spade ends.

Bituminous coal

Lever, 2.5" single side outlet.

150#

75#

20"

54'

5' long

30"

Combination; asbestos, felt, paper, canvas.

good

1896

Oswego, NY

Thomson Kingsford

Vertical

120 rpm

3/4"

1896

Cleveland, OH

Thos. Manning & Co.

Steam Signal

Whistle diameter:

Whistle height:

Whistle orifice:

Whistle tone:

Whistle chime:

10"

18"

2-3/8" to 2-11/16"

single

Whistle Signal