London, WV: Mammoth Coal Processing Plant on the Kanawha River

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We Work the Waterways posted four photos with the comment:

Mammoth Coal Processing Plant and Loading Dock is the lone coal dock in the London pool on the Kanawha River. Its location is at Mile 84 about 1 mile above London Lock & Dam. 

Here we see Amherst Madison's M/V DR. EDWIN H. WELCH departing downbound with 3 loads strung out. 

Also, Mammoth’s shift boat, the M/V MADISON NICOLE, owned and operated by Superior Marine Ways, Inc. is on the location as well operating the fleet. 

Courtesy of Gary Wendell  Photography.

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Gary Wendell Photography posted the same four photos in a different in my preferred order with the comment: "Amherst Madison M/V Dr. Edwin H. Welch keeeping the lights on. Mammoth Coal Processing Plant, London WV. Also in the picture is Superior Marine’s M/V Madison Nicole."

Jake Sails: Fun fact: keeping the lights on with coal. To light a traditional lightbulb with coal is so inefficient that 99 train cars full of coal are lost as heat and smoke while 1 car full powers the bulb’s light. 💡

https://www.e-education.psu.edu/egee102/node/1944

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I looked at the webpage that Jake referenced. 41% for a modern, multi-stage steam turbine with reheat struck me as way too low. So I did a quick Google search for "steam turbine efficiency." At the top of the results was the following:

So they picked the smallest number they could find rather than the appropriate 90+% number. It makes one wonder how many other errors are in this Penn State course.