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Local steam plant

guzzinerd
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There is an old compound near us, at fort Bayard, full of old buildings that were all heated with steam.
I went over today to poke around and found that they were all fed using a central steam plant. Took a few pics through the broken windows and was surprised to see how nice the boiler looks... Much newer than I expected considering it's abandoned now.







I went over today to poke around and found that they were all fed using a central steam plant. Took a few pics through the broken windows and was surprised to see how nice the boiler looks... Much newer than I expected considering it's abandoned now.







Bryant 245-8, 430k btu, 2-pipe steam in a 1930s 6-unit 1-story apt building in the NM mountains. 26 radiators 3800sqf
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The band saw for cutting wood🤔Bob "hot rod" Rohr
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Bayard? We have historic home with that name on The Isle if Long. Mad Dog 🐕
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Mad Dog_2 said:Bayard? We have historic home with that name on The Isle if Long. Mad Dog 🐕
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dashiell_Bayard
Maybe they were related?Bryant 245-8, 430k btu, 2-pipe steam in a 1930s 6-unit 1-story apt building in the NM mountains. 26 radiators 3800sqf
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If I was a "betting man" I would guess that that Hurst boiler was fired with anthracite coal or something that burns clean since I do not see any soot blowers or a way to easily clean the tubes. Also, that duct on the right side of the picture is probably to collect the ash which with anthracite is a fine powder and not clinkers and large ash chunks. Nice looking Hurst boiler.0
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I believe it is a Hurst HPD chain grate coal stoker model with a dead ash auger and that runs down the center in the ash pit feeding a paddle conveyor that carries the heavy dead ash to a small tilting dumpster that is carried by a forklift. The ducting at the top at the near end is for a fly ash collection silo.
The Hurst family has been doing specialty welding and fabrication and building coal and wood biomass boilers for over 5 decades.
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Pictures through the windows 😉 nice find! The boiler plant looks like (almost) new!0
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leonz said:I believe it is a Hurst HPD chain grate coal stoker model with a dead ash auger and that runs down the center in the ash pit feeding a paddle conveyor that carries the heavy dead ash to a small tilting dumpster that is carried by a forklift. The ducting at the top at the near end is for a fly ash collection silo. The Hurst family has been doing specialty welding and fabrication and building coal and wood biomass boilers for over 5 decades.
Bryant 245-8, 430k btu, 2-pipe steam in a 1930s 6-unit 1-story apt building in the NM mountains. 26 radiators 3800sqf
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