# Steam pipe

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**Steam pipe** may refer to:

- A pipe designed to carry pressurized steam from a [boiler](/source/Boiler) to the working components, i.e. the [steam engine](/source/Steam_engine)(s) or [turbine](/source/Steam_turbine)(s). Such piping usually includes valves to control the routing of the steam, or to stop the flow altogether.
- A specific application of a steam pipe is the *main steam pipe* of a [steam locomotive](/source/Steam_locomotive_components), which transports the pressurized steam from the [steam dome](/source/Steam_dome) atop the boiler to the cylinders, via the [steam chests](/source/Steam_locomotive_components).
- A component of a *[district heating](/source/District_heating)* *system*, which distributes heat through an area via heated steam, which is transported through (typically buried) steam pipes to individual buildings. - [New York City steam system](/source/New_York_City_steam_system), a district heating system in New York City, an example of a district heating system.

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