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About LinkBacksWorkers in the seamless tube department at Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation's Aliquippa Works. Aliquippa, PA.
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Workers in the seamless tube department at Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation's Aliquippa Works. Aliquippa, PA.
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Workers at the Hiram Walker & Sons Bottling Works. Walkerville, ON. 1905.
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Hearth workers at the Homestead Steel Works. Homestead, PA. 1915.
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Workers at the Atwater Kent Radio Company. Philadelphia, PA. 1925.
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Workers at the Homestead Steel Works of the Carnegie Steel Company. Homestead, PA. 1893.
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Corliss engine at the Mesta Machine Company. West Homestead, PA.
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Ralphxyz (May 21, 2024)
Wonder what it does?
A Corliss engine is a stationary steam engine, commonly to drive shafting in factories and the like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corliss_steam_engine# Given this is up on blocks, whith peices laid out next to it, I suspect this is one Mesta was building for a customer?
Given it is Mesta, there could be a hydraulic pump involved.Originally Posted by bruce.desertrat
That big flyball governor - nice...
 and the exhaust valves (bottom of cylinder) indicate that this is not a genuine Corliss design but one of Corliss' competitors. A genuine Corliss design would have a wrist plate centrally mounted on the side of the cylinder driven by a single rod. Four adjustable rods from the wrist plate to the valves would allow independent timing of the valves, the secret to the engine's efficiency. The wrist "Pin It")
The two rods to activate the intake valves (top of cylinder) and the exhaust valves (bottom of cylinder) indicate that this is not a genuine Corliss design but one of Corliss' competitors. A genuine Corliss design would have a wrist plate centrally mounted on the side of the cylinder driven by a single rod. Four adjustable rods from the wrist plate to the valves would allow independent timing of the valves, the secret to the engine's efficiency. The wrist plate was a feature of Corliss' patent so his competitors had to come up with something different.
Here's a short video I made of a Corliss rescued from a sugar mill and now operating at the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum in Vista, CA. It clearly shows the wrist plate in operation.
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