A Ton an Hour - USS Cairo

A Ton an Hour - USS Cairo (HM2341)

Location: Vicksburg, MS 39183 Warren County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 22.546', W 90° 52.003'

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Look down to your left to see one of Cairo's restored firebox doors. Coal shoveled into the fireboxes heated the boilers. Steam from the boilers powered Cairo's engines and drove the paddle wheel. A gunboat without steam could not move and was helpless if attacked. Ironclads kept fires burning and steam pressure built up even when anchored. For hours on end, coal heavers piled coal from storage bunkers into the fire room, and firemen fed the fuel into each boiler's firebox.

[Caption]- Cairo's boilers burned a ton of coal an hour when the boat was underway.
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HM NumberHM2341
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Placed ByNational Park Service, Department of the Interior
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Date Added Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017 at 1:02pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 700693 N 3584089
Decimal Degrees32.37576667, -90.86671667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 22.546', W 90° 52.003'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 22' 32.76" N, 90° 52' 0.18000000000001" W
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Area Code(s)601
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Cairo Museum Cir, Vicksburg MS 39183, US
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