Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Steam whistle air pressure?

Posted by Hugh MacKay on December 14, 2001 at 05:57:30 from (142.177.106.236):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Steam whistle air pressure? posted by Mark on December 13, 2001 at 21:02:15:

Mark: We are just getting started. There are thousands of stories about steam whistles,engines,etc.; in boats,trains, traction engines,stationary engines,etc. About 5 miles from my home there is new state of art steam electric generating plant. It powers the owners sawmill plus puts enough power on the grid for about 200 homes. The fuel source is sawmill waste. This facility is about 5 years old now. Interestingly enough this family ran their mill by steam 50 years ago, and it fell victim to cheap oil. The father saved several steam whistles. The best of these whistles now sits atop of the new state of art plant. At first they used it quite vigoursly, however urban encroachment has curtailed this somewhat. The first New Years Eve this facility operated, off duty stationary engineers hooked up a series of whistles and attempted to play Auld Lang Syne at the stroke of midnight. A nieghbour said you could tell what they were trying to play and felt that if they hadnt been into the fire water they may have done better. Sixty years ago there were 3 steam powered sawmills in our imediate neighbourhood. One of the mill owners had a sizeable farm, and in haying time he would shut his mill down and the employees went to make hay. One year they were a bit short on horse power, so took an old horse that had only ever worked in the mill yard and hitched him to a hay rake. They had one problem, the other mills were still operating and each day at 5 pm when the other mills blew their whistles to end shift, the horse on the rake would head for the barn. They never cured him. I guess the horse had a union. Hugh

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