stoker
Feeds the flames
A stoker is a person who tends a furnace, feeding fuel to keep it burning—historically on steamships and locomotives, later in industrial settings.
The work was grueling, performed in intense heat below decks or in boiler rooms.
By extension, stoker can describe anyone who feeds or stokes a fire.
The term has largely faded with steam power. (Capitalized Stoker typically refers to the author Bram Stoker.)
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- shovelTool for moving earth
- feedSupply with sustenance
tend · steam · heat · ash · ember · flame · combustion · grate
Rail vehicle or instruct
- railwayTrack system for trains
- railroadPermanent track for trains
- engineMachine producing motion
- tenderSoft or sore
cab · footplate · firebox · coal · shovel · steam · boiler · pressure
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
feed · tend · steam · heat · ash · ember · flame · combustion · grate · firebox
train
Rail vehicle or instruct
tender · cab · footplate · firebox · coal · shovel · steam · boiler · pressure · gauge
ship
Seagoing transport vessel
coal · bunker · furnace · crew · sailor · voyage · ocean · liner · navy · merchant
foundry
Metal casting facility
steelworks · metallurgy · factory · mill · kiln · furnace · coal · coke · heat · laborer
- trainstrains, train, locomotive, locomotives, steam locomotive
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- Industrial Revolutionsteam engine, railroad, factory, coal, iron
- ship crewsailor, seaman, crewman, deckhand, first mate
- coal powercoal mine, coal dust, coal seam, coal yard, coal bunker
- Navy Jobssailor, seaman, submariner, petty officer, ensign
stokerfirefighter
Emergency blaze responder
fire extinguisher · coolant · cooler · ice man · HVAC technician
stokercaptain
One who commands
engineer · chief engineer · first mate · officer · pilot
stokerfireman
Emergency blaze responder
fire warden · firefighter · fire marshal · arson investigator · smoke jumper