[SEL] The Rice & Sargent Lives!

[rustyjnk]

Lew, I remember and appreciate your struggle. I was thrilled to see and 
hear it , even for a few seconds.  NKarde

Lew Best wrote:

>That's really neat!!!!!!!!!!!
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>Lew Best near Waco, TX
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
>[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of James
>Mackessy
>Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 10:33 PM
>To: The SEL email list
>Subject: [SEL] The Rice & Sargent Lives!
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>Some of you will remember posts dating back into the late '90's of a
>corliss steam engine rescue from the old L.C. Smith Typewriter plant in
>Syracuse, New York, when that building was demolished. It was through
>this list that we learned of the Tod engine, and learned that we really
>could rescue a comparatively small engine. Many times when we hit a
>snag, the folks on this list gave suggestions, explanations and
>encouragement, and kept us headed in the right direction.
>Well, after 8 years of work, we finally got to a point where we could
>test her on compressed air. We only have enough air for about 3 power
>strokes on this 18 x 36" cylinder, but to see her under power for the
>first time in over 56 years was, well, ....AWESOME! For those who don't
>know, 450 horsepower @ 150 RPM on 145 PSI steam, 7 ton 11' flywheel. We
>have a lot of small details to attend to, such as a leaky packing on the
>piston rod, oiler line piping, indicator pipes, etc., but we're almost
>there. The boiler is about 85% complete, and we hope to be done by
>spring. We took a few videos, less than 15 seconds each so they should
>not be too much to download. Here are the links:
>http://www.youtube.com/v/YkmoWjqsCwo
>http://www.youtube.com/v/6mio1Ub_2q4
>http://www.youtube.com/v/ZXGH5fcjlXQ
>To see the project web pages, a little out of date now, go to:
>http://www.eriecanalcamillus.com
>and click on "steam engine".
>Thanks to all of you who helped, some indirectly by sharing your
>restoration and recovery knowledge in discussing other projects here,
>and some who took the time to answer our many questions. I don't think
>we would have had the nerve to try this without your inspiration!
>Best Regards;
>Jim Mackessy
>Camillus Canal Society Steam Engine Project
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