[SEL] Nice Wheels/ cable plowing

[R & M Ingold]

Somewhere on this net thing are some pics of a steamer that blew out both 
ends of the boiler and the remains of one of the victims were never found.
Reg & Marg Ingold.
Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
randmingold at hotkey.net.au
http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Bowen" <rustaholic777 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Nice Wheels/ cable plowing


> Yup, Curt.
>  I remember several times hearing my step-father telling about the two men 
> that would bring their steam traction engine and threshing machine to a 
> field near his farm.  That is until the year he was just entering a corner 
> of the 40 acre field where the crew was set-up threshing in the diagonal 
> corner of the field and the engine blew up.
>  He was on his wagon with a load of his wheat to be threshed.  He said 
> four men died and two others were burned badly. His horses spooked, but he 
> got them back under control without damage.
>  A survivors of the event told him that the owner of the engine had tied 
> down the pressure relief to get more power out of it.
>
>  That seemed to be the way several steam engines blew up around here.
>  Around the same time an engine that was powering a sawmill blew up 
> killing three men.  That engineer was also known for pushing the pressure 
> limits too far.
>  Stupid people and Innocent ones too,,,,,, All removed from the gene pool.
>
>  Alan Bowen
>  Williamsburg, Michigan
>
>
> Curt <curt at imc-group.com> wrote:
>  Ya know Arnie, I've wondered if this was the case even with much less
> expensive gas engines. Take a 8 or 10 HP saw rig. That's 4 or 5000
> pounds of iron to pay for. In a few of days you can saw a winter's worth
> of wood. I could see where a group of farmers would have bought one and
> used horses to pull it from one farm to the other in a cooperative
> arrangement.
>
> Knowing the size of the team of men required to run and support a steam
> traction engine, I suspect you are spot on about the cooperative effort.
> Curt
> P.S. I'm outta here in an hour of so. Duke Power just shut us down due
> to excessive power consumption. We've got 30 minutes to get below a
> kw-hr consumption rate and this means shutting the plant down and
> putting the furnaces on generator for the next 6 hours or so, 'till the
> household A/C usage subsides a little. Second or third shift will have
> the pleasure of starting the casting lines back up. That's about an 8
> hour process. Later.....
>
>
>
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> <DIV><FONT size=3>Yup, Curt.</FONT></DIV>  <DIV><FONT size=3>I remember 
> several times hearing my step-father telling about the two men that would 
> bring their steam traction engine and threshing machine to a field near 
> his farm.  That is until the year he was just entering a corner of 
> the 40 acre field where the crew was set-up threshing in the diagonal 
> corner of the field and the engine blew up.</FONT></DIV>  <DIV><FONT 
> size=3>He was on his wagon with a load of his wheat to be threshed.  
> He said four men died and two others were burned badly. His horses 
> spooked, but he got them back under control without damage.</FONT></DIV> 
> <DIV><FONT size=3>A survivors of the event told him that the owner of the 
> engine had tied down the pressure relief to get more power out of 
> it.</FONT></DIV>  <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>  <DIV><FONT 
> size=3>That seemed to be the way several steam engines blew up around 
> here.</FONT></DIV>  <DIV><FONT size=3>Around the same time an
> engine that was powering a sawmill blew up killing three men.  That 
> engineer was also known for pushing the pressure limits too 
> far.</FONT></DIV>  <DIV><FONT size=3>Stupid people and Innocent ones 
> too,,,,,, All removed from the gene pool.</FONT></DIV>  <div><FONT 
> size=3></FONT> </div>  <div><FONT size=3>Alan Bowen</FONT></div> 
> <div><FONT size=3>Williamsburg, Michigan</div> 
> <DIV><BR><BR></FONT><B><I>Curt <curt at imc-group.com></I></B> 
> wrote:</DIV>  <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; 
> MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Ya know Arnie, I've 
> wondered if this was the case even with much less <BR>expensive gas 
> engines. Take a 8 or 10 HP saw rig. That's 4 or 5000 <BR>pounds of iron to 
> pay for. In a few of days you can saw a winter's worth <BR>of wood. I 
> could see where a group of farmers would have bought one and <BR>used 
> horses to pull it from one farm to the other in a cooperative 
> <BR>arrangement.<BR><BR>Knowing the size of the
> team of men required to run and support a steam <BR>traction engine, I 
> suspect you are spot on about the cooperative effort.<BR>Curt<BR>P.S. I'm 
> outta here in an hour of so. Duke Power just shut us down due <BR>to 
> excessive power consumption. We've got 30 minutes to get below a <BR>kw-hr 
> consumption rate and this means shutting the plant down and <BR>putting 
> the furnaces on generator for the next 6 hours or so, 'till the 
> <BR>household A/C usage subsides a little. Second or third shift will have 
> <BR>the pleasure of starting the casting lines back up. That's about an 8 
> <BR>hour process. Later.....<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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