Main Boiler

The Mather's main boiler.

Here is a diagram of one of four burners in the Mather's main boiler showing details of the Bailey 760 Boiler Control System.

• Water tube; heating surface 8,775 sq. ft.
• Superheater; forced draft; oil fuel
• Steam pressure at drum shut-off valve, 515 psi.
• Steam pressure at superheater shut-off valve, 485 psi.
• Built by Babcock & Wilcox Company, 1954.
• One auxiliary water tube boiler
• Boiler controls automated in 1964