[SEL] Line shaft machine shop pictures

peter ogborne jopeter at omninet.net.au
Sun Apr 10 20:37:35 PDT 2005


Larry ,somewhere i have a copy of that book written by the original editor 
or GEM.I must find it again as it is very interesting reading re early 
machine shops
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Evans" <lfevans at pacbell.net>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 10:15 AM
Subject: [SEL] Line shaft machine shop pictures


> Hi....
>
> A few weeks ago there was some discussion regarding line shafts, belting, 
> loose and tight pulleys, etc.
>
> I've put together a page of pictures of a small line shaft operated shop 
> that was built in about 1910 and still uses part of the original line 
> shaft system.  It is located at the Mount Wilson Observatory in California 
> and is in the same building that houses the 1911 50 HP Fairbanks Morse 
> type RE engine and generator that supplied the direct current power for 
> the motor that runs the line shaft.  The DC now comes from modern 
> rectifiers fed from the power grid but the old F-M is still capable of 
> producing power.
>
> Take a look at:
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/levans/lineshaft/index.html
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry Evans
> Arcadia, Southern California, USA
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