Manhattan for years had steam plants that generated steam for
industrial use. The New York Steam Company was one. The steam was
distributed via pipes underground and one can see pictures of steam
coming out of manholes.
Well, I had to look and found:
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Turns out it became a division of Consolidated Edison. If I read this
article right it is still operating.
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On 8/1/2024 6:27 AM, Maynard Wright, P. E., W6PAP via groups.io wrote:
Manufacturing facilities and workshops used to distribute water or steam
power from a limited number of sources (sometimes just one) via shafts,
pulleys, belts, etc. to machine tools of various types. "Elements of
Mechanics and Machine Design," authored by Erik Oberg and published by
The Industrial Press in 1923 provides design information for such
shafting even through electric motors had been available for quite a few
years. The motors must have still been expensive enough during the
1920s to justify all that shafting and associated components so that
only a limited number of motors (maybe only one) would be required.
Maybe transformers were also very expensive early on and remained that
way for awhile.
73,
Maynard
W6PAP
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
SKCC 19998
