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Local steam plant

guzzinerd
guzzinerd Member Posts: 281
edited March 5 in Strictly Steam
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.


Bryant 245-8 2-pipe steam in a 1930s 6-unit 1-story apt building in the NM mountains.  26 radiators heating up 3800sqf.
PC7060Mad Dog_2GGrossleonz

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  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,467
    The first boiler is a Hurst they are still in business looks like it may have been wood or coal fired. The other boiler is a Scotch marine boiler. The pic just shows the side of it no name.
    Mad Dog_2
  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Member Posts: 23,371
    The band saw for cutting wood🤔
    Bob "hot rod" Rohr
    trainer for Caleffi NA
    Living the hydronic dream
  • Mad Dog_2
    Mad Dog_2 Member Posts: 7,518
    Bayard?  We have historic home with that name on The Isle if Long.  Mad Dog 🐕 
    Consulting by Mad Dog & Matt Jr.
  • guzzinerd
    guzzinerd Member Posts: 281
    Mad Dog_2 said:
    Bayard?  We have historic home with that name on The Isle if Long.  Mad Dog 🐕 
    The fort was named after this guy:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dashiell_Bayard

    Maybe they were related?
    Bryant 245-8 2-pipe steam in a 1930s 6-unit 1-story apt building in the NM mountains.  26 radiators heating up 3800sqf.
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,600
    Matt, William Bayard Cutting. 
    Retired and loving it.
    guzzinerd
  • retiredguy
    retiredguy Member Posts: 976
    edited March 5
    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.
  • leonz
    leonz Member Posts: 1,339
    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.


    delcrossv
  • GGross
    GGross Member Posts: 1,281
    Pictures through the windows 😉 nice find! The boiler plant looks like (almost) new!
  • guzzinerd
    guzzinerd Member Posts: 281
    edited March 5
    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.
    On the Hearst note.  I found my Cortos in the Hearst church a few miles away


    Bryant 245-8 2-pipe steam in a 1930s 6-unit 1-story apt building in the NM mountains.  26 radiators heating up 3800sqf.
    dabrakemanleonz

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