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Right: Wall of the Stationmaster's office. A water stop or water station on a railroad is a place where steam trains stop to replenish water. The stopping of the train itself is also referred to as a "water stop". The term originates from the times of steam engines when large amounts of water were essential. Also known as wood and water stops ...
A water trough (British terminology), or track pan (American terminology), is a device to enable a steam locomotive to replenish its water supply while in motion. It consists of a long trough filled with water, lying between the rails. When a steam locomotive passes over the trough, a water scoop can be lowered, and the speed of forward motion ...
August 19, 1993. The Beaumont St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Water Tank is a railroad water tank or water tower constructed in 1875, in Beaumont, Kansas. It served the St. Louis, Wichita & Western Railway, and was used to refill the boilers of steam locomotives on that line. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 ...
The water tower and pump house stored water from the lake and transported it to steam trains. Similar towers were located every 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) along the line; the towers were used until the Illinois Central ceased to use steam locomotives in the 1950s. In 1951, the city of Kinmundy purchased the water tower and pump house for ...
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The Santa Fe Railway Water Tank, or Sedalia Water Tank, on the railway through Sedalia, Colorado in Douglas County, Colorado, is a historic object listed on the National Register of Historic Places . It is a cylindrical water tank 24 feet (7.3 m) in diameter, 43 feet (13 m) tall, with capacity of 140,000 US gallons (530 m 3 ), upon a slag ...
London Museum of Water & Steam. / 51.4890°N 0.2904°W / 51.4890; -0.2904. London Museum of Water & Steam is an independent museum founded in 1975 as the Kew Bridge Steam Museum. It was rebranded in early 2014 following a major investment project. [1] Situated on the site of the old Kew Bridge Pumping Station in Brentford, near Kew ...
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