[SEL] Bethlehem Engines

[Rick Rowlands]

Dave,

The patterns are here.  I'll start shipping them out to you.

Rick

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Otto" <ddotto at cableone.net>
To: "'The SEL email discussion list'" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:07 PM
Subject: [SEL] Bethlehem Engines


> Hi Rick
>
> You never seem to have any problem finding projects that run in the 
> hundreds
> of tons. I really enjoyed the pictures of the Bethlehem engines. I was 
> using
> one for wallpaper on my PC at work and got a lot of comments about it.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> PS. Do you still have my patterns? I would still like to have them 
> returned.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com [mailto:sel-
>> bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Rick Rowlands
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:10 PM
>> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
>> Subject: [SEL] I've Returned! And With Even Larger Engines This Time.
>>
>> Hello from a long lost friend.  Thirteen years ago several members of the
>> Stationary Engine List spent a winter in Youngstown helping me dismantle 
>> a
>> 260 ton stationary steam engine, and thanks to their efforts we now have 
>> a
>> museum facility in Youngstown that contains one of the largest extant
>> stationary steam engines in the world.
>>
>> But what brings me back to the list is another project that the Tod 
>> Engine
>> Foundation has become involved with, and that is the preservation of a
>> group of internal combustion engines that make the Tod Engine look small.
>> This is the Bethlehem Steel blowing engine house in Bethlehem, PA.
>>
>> Inside this building are twelve gas blowing engines.  Eight are tandem
>> double acting engines, while the last four are truly gigantic twin tandem
>> double acting engines with 28' flywheels.  These engines weigh probably
>> close to 1000 tons each and were rated at 5,000 hp.  If you have seen the
>> 600 HP Snow engines at Rollag or Coolspring then you know what these look
>> like, but just imagine something several times larger and then multiply
>> that by a dozen.
>>
>> The building has been set aside for preservation, and the Tod Engine
>> Foundation has stepped in to provide assistance in stabilizing the 
>> engines
>> and eventually returning one to operation.  We held a work session a
>> couple of weeks ago and plan another one for April 19 and 20.  Our
>> immediate goal is to improve the appearance of the engines, clean up the
>> building and secure it as best we can.
>>
>> If you would like to come out and lend a hand I'll post more info. about
>> that later.  In the meantime here are a few pictures of the engines on 
>> our
>> website.
>>
>> http://www.bethengines.org
>>
>> Its good to be back on the SEL. :-)
>>
>> Rick Rowlands
>> Tod Engine Foundation
>> "Preserving Youngstown's Steel Industry Heritage"
>> 2261 Hubbard Road
>> Youngstown, OH 44505
>> 330-272-4089
>> www.todengine.org
>> http://todengine.blogspot.com/
>>
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