Modern Steam Power

By Carl B. Erwin
Published on November 1, 1975
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Percy Sherman
My Russell 25-75 steam engine. The picture was taken at my home in Palmyra, Michigan on May 18, 1975. I'm tuning it up for the National Thresher Reunion at Wauseon, Ohio. Picture taken by Nelson Ehringer of Palmyra, Michigan. [Percy let me drive his Peerl

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Many people seem to think that steam power is completely out of
date but this is not true by any means. The facts are that over
eighty percent of the public electric power used in the United
States is generated by steam turbines, about fifteen percent by
water power, and the rest by diesel or gas burning internal

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