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Port side of engine room looking forward from aft bulkhead. This area contains mostly electrical equipment. Two single-cylinder steam-driven dynamos are located near the engine bed, one at right foreground, the other
Power travels from the power plant to your house through an amazing system called the power distribution grid.
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