CINCINNATI TRIPLE STEAM - HOST FOR THE WORLDS LARGEST TRIPLE EXPANSION CRANK & FLYWHEEL WATER PUMPING STEAM ENGINE
 

Welcome to Cincinnati Triple Steam

 

 Host for the World's Largest
Triple Expansion, Crank & Flywheel, Water Pumping Steam Engine.
Greater Cincinnati Water Works, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

 

Weighing in at 1,400 tons these 104 feet high triple expansion crank & flywheel water pumping steam engines are the largest ever built. At 1,000 h.p. they are not the most powerful as there are smaller triple expansion engines with a horsepower rating up to about 16,000 h.p. The four engines reside at the Greater Cincinnati Water Works where we invite you to explore a state-of-the-art, high volume, and high quality water pumping system for a growing community in the early 1900s. We present this site as an effort to preserve an important part of our industrial heritage that has contributed to the success of making us who we are today.

Pocket hoppers, charging cars, and hot wells were a familiar vocabulary when steam powered water pumping engines prevailed. The efficiency of steam engines increased dramatically during that period of time with the use of the multi expansion cylinders. The coal to water efficiency for a crank and flywheel triple expansion water pumping steam engine with enhancements measured near 25%.

Greater Cincinnati Water WorksGreater Cincinnati Water WorksCincinnati Triple Steam is a tribute to the men and women that have contributed to the successful effort by the Greater Cincinnati Water Works to provide a reliable, high volume and high quality water supply for the Greater Cincinnati area. The success of their effort continues today.

"Acclaimed city water works system fueled growth"  from the Cincinnati Enquirer 3-18-2012

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