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A water crane is a device used for delivering a large volume of water into the tank or tender of a steam locomotive. [1] [2] [3] The device is also called a water column in the United States and Australia. [4] As a steam locomotive consumes large quantities of water, water cranes were a vital part of railway station equipment, often situated at ...
Crane 1953 Diesel-electric crane. Has also carried number 15404, previously operated by the Port of Bristol Authority. [93] 46 GWR Open 1931 Great Western Railway diagram O29 wagon number 118904. It is carrying the livery of Foster Yeoman. [94] 102 GWR 6-wheel tank 1946 Water tank wagon. [95] 264 GWR Crane 1908 Manual crane [96] RW477 LT: Bogie ...
The GWR 0-6-0PT (pannier tank), is a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway with the water tanks carried on both sides of the boiler, in the manner of panniers. They were used for local, suburban and branch line passenger and goods traffic, for shunting duties, and as banker engines on inclines.
The water supply in a tender was replenished at water stops and locomotive depots from a dedicated water tower connected to water cranes or gantries. Refilling the tender is the job of the fireman , who is responsible for maintaining the locomotive's fire, steam pressure, and supply of fuel and water.
Diagram of LNWR tender apparatus from 1862. A scoop was fitted to the underside of the locomotive's tender (or the locomotive itself in the case of tank locomotives) in such a way that it could be raised or lowered, by a hand-operated screw or a power mechanism. The scoop fed into a vertical pipe that discharged into the water tank.
The Port of Baltimore shared an image of the crane barge, Donjon's Chesapeake 1000, which ABC News reported was onsite Friday morning at the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The span ...
Diagram and lot no. Built Location Object Number Image Peak Forest Tramway: 174 Four-wheel quarry truck 1815 York [200] 1975–7053 Four-wheel Chaldron wagon 1826 Shildon [201] 1975–7054 Thomas James, Stratford and Moreton Tramway: Horse-drawn wagon c.1840-45 York [202] 1995-7001 Dandy cart c.1845 design York [203] 1975–7060 GNR: 112 Four ...
Credit - Photograph by Platon for TIME. P resident-elect Donald Trump, TIME’s 2024 Person of the Year, sat down for a wide-ranging interview at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov ...