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Bruce R. Pier

August 08, 2008 07:35PM

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It also put the throttle closer to the cylinders. Keep in mind that the working pressures during that period of time were considerably lower than they were by the beginning of the Twentieth century. It was thought by putting the throttle up front that you could more useful power out of the steam.

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