Beaver Cleaver Wrote:
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> Found this cool little video (by N Ferris) of the
> 4449 crew starting the air pumps. Looks like
> those are purge pipes from the air cylinder they
> are opening?
No, those are "purge pipes" from the STEAM side, i.e. just like cylinder cocks on the main cylinders. Once all the condensation is blown out as the pump begins to run, the steam supply valve is opened all the way, and those cylinder cocks are closed.
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