Power and the engineer article from 1910
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| Author: | Rick A [ Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:09 pm ] | |||
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Power and the engineer article from 1910
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| Author: | nedsn3 [ Fri Jul 17, 2020 12:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The largest valve in the world 1910 |
Fascinating. Thanks for posting. Ned |
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| Author: | Bad Order [ Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The largest valve in the world 1910 |
What are the chances that those valves are still in operation? Some great slide rule engineering going on back then. You only get one chance. After it's in and the water builds up behind the dam, there is no taking it out to "redo" it. |
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| Author: | Rick A [ Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The largest valve in the world 1910 |
The 1899 Chapman Valve catalog. Enjoy. https://archive.org/details/cataloguean ... pman+valve And the 1888 catalog. https://archive.org/details/cataloguega ... pman+valve And a little history. http://www.firehydrant.org/pictures/cha ... alve%20Mfg. |
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| Author: | choodude [ Tue Jul 21, 2020 1:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The largest valve in the world 1910 |
Bad Order wrote: What are the chances that those valves are still in operation? The original Kingsbury thrust bearing from 1912 is still in service at the Holtwood hydroelectric plant on the Susquehanna river in southern Pennsylvania. https://www.kingsbury.com/about_us https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holtwood_Dam Brian |
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| Author: | Rick A [ Tue Oct 13, 2020 1:26 pm ] | |||
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Another "big one". A shaft for the Boston Elevated Railway from the December 1899 edition of Steam Engineering. 65,000 pounds!
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| Author: | Rick A [ Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The largest valve in the world 1910 |
Another big one. https://envirotecmagazine.com/2017/05/0 ... e-project/ |
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