[SEL] Large Venn-Severin engine in Medical Lake, Wa.

[Listerdiesel]

We have had a couple of emails in from David Snipes, Chief Security
Officer for Eastern State Hospital in Medical lake, Wa, 99022-0800:

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Eastern State Hospital has been here since 1891.  One of our old well houses
has a Venn-Severin four cylinder engine to power a generator.  It appears to
be a hot bulb oil engine or a two cycle diesel.  It has 300hp at 324 rpm.
The engine number is 5660.  I was trying to find more information on it.
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We replied with what information we had, and asked about the
possibility of the engine being released for preservation. We also
asked for permission to post the informatioon to the engine Lists for
others to see. David replied:

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Thanks for the reply.  The engine is not running and has not for an unknown
number of years.  It is stored indoors.  Unfortunately thieves have broken
into the building and stolen some copper from the engine, i.e. fuel or oil
lines and the governor. They also damaged the generator in an attempt to
take its copper.  Our Support Services Director expressed some interest
about getting it into a museum or to a collector that would be interested in
restoring it.  The State is not going to restore it and most likely will
eventually be scrapped.  Go ahead and make the post.
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We are not in a position to do anything here in the UK, but this might
be the sort of thing that someone in the area might want to take up
and maybe help out with getting some pictures posted etc etc.

David's email address is:
snipesdl at dshs.wa.gov

Tel: 509-299-4545 or 509-299-3121
Fax: 509-299-7015

We would like to know how any contacts go, and if any pictures are
taken could they be made available for the Lists please?

Peter
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Peter A Forbes
Email: listerdiesel at gmail.com
Web: www.oldengine.org/members/diesel