[SEL] The Rice & Sargent Lives!

[James Mackessy]

Hi Rick;
     Boiler is a Cleaver-Brooks CB-100. Not quite as nice as a brickset HRT,
but the price was right. Originally, this engine ran on a bank of 3 400 HP
Keeler watertube boilers, dual fuel ( oil and coal). We will fire on oil,
but we have put in a stop and check so we can bring a wood fired boiler on
line also, if we're lucky enough to find one we can afford!
Best Regards;
Jim Mackessy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Strobel" <Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] The Rice & Sargent Lives!


> Very nice Jim..Congrat's to you and the gang!  Hopefully this coming
spring
> and summer, I can get some time on a somewhat local Corliss style.  This
one
> is hooked to a refer compressor and was used to cool shimstock.  It
> definetly needs some respect :-)
>
>   Would like to see the boiler that baby uses.
>
> RickinMt.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Mackessy" <jmackess at twcny.rr.com>
> To: "The SEL email list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 9:33 PM
> Subject: [SEL] The Rice & Sargent Lives!
>
>
> 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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