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Furnace Room

Furnace Room

I'm guessing this was the furnace room, since it was between the river and the turbine hall and underneath the stacks. All of the metal plates with holes in them are stamped "Peabody".
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All we need is Sherman.
Lynne
Sat 10-01-2005
And the "wayback" machine! ;-)
Ed
Sat 10-01-2005
Looks like the place im currently working in... everything is rusty and ugly...
hrm
Sat 10-01-2005
Ed, you the man! :-)
Lynne
Sat 10-01-2005
Those appear to be damper doors.
The rate of fire at the coal beds is controlled by the draft over and under the coal bed, hence the damper doors.
"Peabody" still makes combustion control devices and equipment.

Imagine the size of those boilers? probably 3 stories or more.
Bob
Sun 10-02-2005
"now here's somthing we hope you'll really like"......
Ed
Sun 10-02-2005
"Hey, Rocky - watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!"
Lynne
Sun 10-02-2005
Bob, three-story boilers scare the bejeebers out of me! What do you know about accidents and explosions and such at these places? I can imagine an accident involving equipment of this size must have been fairly devastating.
Lynne
Sun 10-02-2005
Glad you ask Lynne, as if I don't gloat enough.
I'm a stationary engineer(high pressure boiler operator).
I found this site while looking for info on the Central Terminal boilers. I live not to far from the building and have been inside numerous times, but never got down to the machine area's, apparently it's been flooded for some time now.

Eventhough these boilers are dangerous, accidents are few due to the training and license requirements of the operators.

This site is amazing, not only does it contain a perspective on history, it includes architecture and when they are combined I get this warm fuzzy feeling inside.
Bob
Sun 10-02-2005
Er, my father is an engineer. I thought it was against the law for engineers to get warm fuzzy feelings, or at least to express them publicly? ;-)
Lynne
Mon 10-03-2005
That's our little secret.
Bob
Mon 10-03-2005
I was a marine engineer, and I know a lot about how dangerous these things can be. In 1989 an explosion caused by a fuel leak killed 4 friends of mine :(

However, I am still to this day in awe of power plant equipment - even after having built, rebuilt, and operated them for 10 years
DerangedLunaTech
Tue 10-11-2005
It looks to me like those are burners that
would use heavy bunker C oil. The old boilers may have used coal before the
oil burners were added.
Bill
Sat 11-04-2006
"and now kids its time for a fractured fairy tale"

lynne and big ed you guys rock
todd
Mon 07-02-2007
Are you sure Bob?
I'd put money on it they are oil injectors for a water tube boiler. I won't argue with the 3 story bit. In the really big plants they are 5 stories high. Sorry, you already know that.
JT
Mon 08-27-2007
These are the boilers. Coal plants have boilers that make the heat that makes the steam through the boiler tubes running through the boiler box to power the steam turbines to turn the generator to make electricity.
Doug
Sun 05-02-2010

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