steam pipe

collocation in English

meaningsofsteamandpipe

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steam
noun[U]
uk
/stiːm/us
/stiːm/
the hot gas that is produced when ...
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pipe
noun[C]
uk
/paɪp/us
/paɪp/
a tube inside which liquid or gas flows from one place ...
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(Definition ofsteamandpipefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The engineering officers in the stoke-room must have great readiness of resource and independence of action individually when it comes to the bursting of asteampipe.
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Some designs had an auxiliary chimney at the rear to avoid the need for an exhauststeampiperunning the length of the engine.
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When the signal was given, the driver found he could not release the brake on the locomotive due to a rupturedsteampipe.
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The secondary side water is allowed to flash at the end of the steam generator tube and go out through thesteampipe.
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That notice of claim said city sewers, pipes and drains could have leaked cold water onto the hotsteampipe.
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In 1975, heating for the steel-hulled ship, which was delivered from land viasteampipe, cost the institute $40,000 per year.
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The oil from the delivery pipes is introduced into thesteampipe, where it is atomised and carried to the valves and cylinders.
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An externalsteampipewas mounted just in front of the dome, looking rather similar in appearance to a top feed.
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In the basement is a section from thesteampipethat runs through the entire downtown, an old-fashioned form of heating.
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Fragments broke asteampipein the engine room and forced its abandonment as well as that of the adjacent boiler room.
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It was designed to prevent overtightening bolts on water main andsteampiperepairs underground.
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A shell fragment punctured thesteampipefor the ship's siren, and the escaping steam impaired visibility and forced the ship to abandon an attempt to launch torpedoes.
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There was a broken water main at the bottom of the crater, near the brokensteampipe, but it is not known if this was a cause, or an effect.
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The maximum speed attained at any point was 17 mph, possibly because the mainsteampipefrom the boiler was restricting the flow to the cylinders.
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It contains the opening to the mainsteampipeand its purpose is to allow this opening to be kept well above the water level in the boiler.
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Then when heavy rains on the day of the event cooled the pipe causing excess condensate to collect in thesteampipe, the valves could not remove it.
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Periodically, a battery of steam pipes provided heat at the point of warm air risers.
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In addition, there are in several places the remaining steam pipes, now unused, with the original manual valves in place.
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