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File:Slipper guide crosshead (Heat Engines, 1913).jpg|A Crosshead of the "slipper" or "shoe guide" form, as used on some stationary engines. | File:Slipper guide crosshead (Heat Engines, 1913).jpg|A Crosshead of the "slipper" or "shoe guide" form, as used on some stationary engines. | ||
File:Piston steam engine.jpg|Crosshead of a French locomotive | File:Piston steam engine.jpg|Crosshead of a French locomotive | ||
File:Hudswell Clarke Nunlow at Lafarge Hope Cement Works 4.jpg|Note the brass oil wells on top of the cross slide | |||
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Revision as of 09:37, 23 January 2014
A crosshead is a mechanism used in most steam locomotives to eliminate sideways pressure on the piston.
Crossheads in a steam locomotive can be mounted either to one guide mounted above the crosshead or to two, one above and one below (called an alligator crosshead since it has two "jaws"). The former was preferred in many modern locomotives.
Crosshead and slide block
Detail crosshead of a steam locomotive
Cylindrical crosshead (New Catechism of the Steam Engine, 1904)
A Crosshead of the "slipper" or "shoe guide" form, as used on some stationary engines.
Crosshead of a French locomotive
Note the brass oil wells on top of the cross slide
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