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- Railroad Fireman Shoveling Coal inside Steam Locomotive, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, November 1926 - The fireman tended the fire on a steam locomotive. It took skill and practice. Shovel too little coal and there wasn't enough heat to produce the necessary steam. Shovel too much and you wasted fuel and money. Adoption of the mechanical stoker, which fed coal into the firebox with a screw conveyor, eased the fireman's job after World War I.
- November 08, 1926
- Collections - Artifact
Railroad Fireman Shoveling Coal inside Steam Locomotive, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, November 1926
The fireman tended the fire on a steam locomotive. It took skill and practice. Shovel too little coal and there wasn't enough heat to produce the necessary steam. Shovel too much and you wasted fuel and money. Adoption of the mechanical stoker, which fed coal into the firebox with a screw conveyor, eased the fireman's job after World War I.
- Railroad Fireman Shoveling Coal inside Steam Locomotive, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, November 1926 - The fireman tended the fire on a steam locomotive. It took skill and practice. Shovel too little coal and there wasn't enough heat to produce the necessary steam. Shovel too much and you wasted fuel and money. Adoption of the mechanical stoker, which fed coal into the firebox with a screw conveyor, eased the fireman's job after World War I.
- November 08, 1926
- Collections - Artifact
Railroad Fireman Shoveling Coal inside Steam Locomotive, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, November 1926
The fireman tended the fire on a steam locomotive. It took skill and practice. Shovel too little coal and there wasn't enough heat to produce the necessary steam. Shovel too much and you wasted fuel and money. Adoption of the mechanical stoker, which fed coal into the firebox with a screw conveyor, eased the fireman's job after World War I.