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Mark Huber

August 08, 2017 07:11PM

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From what I recall from my time at the CRRM 499 should be in pretty good shape. She was theoretically the "control" to the thermic siphon experiment with 491; she got the same boiler work at the same time sans siphons. If her boiler is anything like 491's, she's doing very well.

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