Steam Power in Colorado’s Sugar Factories
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007These Detroit Rotograte Stokers work great at continuously discharging ash from the burning of coal. These stokers at the Great Western’s Longmont refinery were part of a much larger system of boilers that fed steam power for the entire factory (photo copyright Jon Haeber).
Editor’s Note: This is the final section of the series, “Sugar Refineries […]