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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A form of water-tank, resembling a saddle in shape, placed on top of the boiler in small switching-engines, to give greater weight on the drivers, with consequent adhesion to the rail and greater tractive power, and to avoid the use of a water-tank on the tender.
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In my Eden we have a few beam-engines, saddle-tank locomotives, overshot waterwheels and other beautiful pieces of obsolete machinery to play with: In his New Jerusalem even chefs will be cucumber-cool machine minders.
RosieBell 2009
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