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| These boilers needed one ton of coal per hour for a full head of steam. |
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| The drive engines and paddle wheels were surprisingly well preserved. |
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Ironclad
The USS Cairo was sunk on the Yazoo River in 1862 but raised and displayed at Vicksburg. Definitely in my favorite category of human ingenuity and on my list of potential historical fiction possibilities in the future.
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