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Bruce R. Pier

August 31, 2021 09:20PM

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We used to call that "slack" at Cedar Point, and if you used too much blower it would go right up the stack,usually before it caught. Those engines really don't get worked hard, so there isn't much danger of the exhaust sucking that stuff up, would go straight through the grates into the ash pan. When we dumped the fire at closing the stuff would catch tho. We would routinely wind up dealing with this stuff when we used up the reserve coal pile and the delivery truck was late.

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Cleaning out a load of fines	Joe Weigman	August 31, 2021 09:07PM
Re: Cleaning out a load of fines	Greg Scholl	August 31, 2021 09:14PM
Re: Cleaning out a load of fines	Bruce R. Pier	August 31, 2021 09:20PM
Re: Cleaning out a load of fines	Chris Webster	September 01, 2021 06:52PM
Re: Cleaning out a load of fines	Dave Peterson	September 01, 2021 07:04PM

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