Vertical boiler with horizontal fire-tubes

Cochran boiler

A vertical boiler with horizontal fire-tubes is a type of small vertical boiler, used to generate steam for small machinery. It is characterised by having many narrow fire-tubes, running horizontally.

Boilers like this have been widely used on ships as either auxiliary or donkey boilers.[i] Smaller examples, particularly the Robertson type have been used for steam wagons.


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