Railroad Fireman Shoveling Coal inside Steam Locomotive, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, November 1926
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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.
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.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
08 November 1926
Subject Date
08 November 1926
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.548.P.833.47903
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.875 in (book)
Width: 11.25 in (book)
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