[SEL] I've Returned! And With Even Larger Engines This Time.

pjp at steamengine.com.au pjp at steamengine.com.au
Sat Mar 29 18:35:59 PDT 2008


About the biggest side shaft engine I've ever seen. Cool that they're
going to be preserved.

Be careful not to take on too much jeopardising your ability to achieve
your initial main goal of preserving the Tod Engine.

Paul

> 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.
>





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