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Old 01-26-2012, 11:34 AM   #71 (permalink)
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I guess what a lot of people may not understand about steam is it really needs to be superheated to become even remotely efficient. That being understood the Titanic had both turbines and a triple or quadruple expansion engines, The turbines were for speed and the piston engine was for economy.

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