Engine Room

Most steamers were very loud and could be heard coming for many miles. The Nenana's engine room had been designed to include a condenser; the used steam could be cooled resulting in clean distilled water recycled back through the boilers then reheated into steam and used over and over. By not expelling the steam the Nenana became so quiet that when the captain was in the wheelhouse if the wheel wasn't turning, he could not tell if the engines were running.

Fairbanks, Alaska · United States