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Near to 400 pounds.
One pound of steam requires the input of 1080 btus of heat added to 32oF water at atmospheric pressure. One ton or 2000 pounds requires the input of 2.16 million btus, and a boiler with 80% efficiency (common value) will need 2.7 million btus of heat from the combustion of the wood. Assuming the wood has a btu heat content of 6500 btu/lb (commonly most woods are 6000 to 7000 btu/lb) then about 415 pounds of wood are required to produce 1 ton of steam. In practice only 375 pounds of wood are needed to maintain a steady output of one ton of steam in a boiler, as the water when reintroduced into the boiler is very close to the steaming temperature and doesn't need to be heated from 32oF.
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