The text and images on this page are from the 1908 Lunkenheimer Catalog(ue).

AUTOMATIC INJECTOR.For Boilers of Stationary, Portable or Traction Engines, Steamboats, Etc,

The Lunkenheimer Automatic Injector is a simple, durable and efficient boiler. feeder, not liable to get out of order, and is [ … ]

Arguably the most important ingredient in steam operation is water. All steam engines require water to generate steam. This water is heated in a pressure container called a boiler. As the water is heated (usually by some fire source, eg. Coal, wood, gas) it expands and vaporises into steam. Dry stea [ … ]

Disclaimer: I am not an engineer, this article is constructed from the advice of many people I know.

When a low water condition is noticed (nothing in the gauge glass) the operator should not draw or pull the fire. You cannot safely remove the fire through the little bitty firebox door in a hurry w [ … ]

refers to the main sheets of metal from which the boiler is constructed. Typically rolled steel which is either overlapped and rivetted at the join or in more modern units seam welded to make a cylinder.

The end plates of the boiler.

The steel plates at each end o [ … ]

All steam engines (and other steam applications) have something in common. They all need a steam generating plant which is usually in the form of a steam boiler where water is heated in a large vessel and steam taken from the vessel to the steam engine itself. There are five main kinds of steam gene [ … ]