Chemistry
and the Iron Horse:
Water Softening and Engineering Practice on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, 1900-1945 |
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Description: This clinic will be given at the MER NMRA convention in October 2013
Most modelers are
aware that the hills, mountains, and valleys of the nation created a
seemingly never ending series of civil engineering challenges for railroads
as the country embraced industrialization during the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. It is less well known that as steam technology evolved, the water
powering locomotives presented railroads with mechanical engineering and
infrastructure problems that were just as complex and which were often solved
by railroad chemists. The history of American railroad approaches to water
softening, chemistry, and chemical engineering will be reviewed against a
detailed study of how the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway adopted a more
scientific and economic approach to water softening during the first decades
of the 20th century.
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Saturday, October 5, 2013
MER Clinic:Chemistry and the Iron Horse
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