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Planning on going to the Burton Tx Cotton Gin Museum Festival this Saturday. Never been before, just heard about it this week. There is an old school cotton gin they keep "ready to run", and they start it up once a year, give a demonstration how it was done. It's powered by a 1924, 10,000 cubic inch, 2 cycle diesel. From the pictures I've see it's the same design as the Field Marshal tractor engine, just on a much larger scale. They say when it's running, it shakes every window pane in town! LOL

It's also an antique tractor and engine show, tractor pulls, music, etc. Sounds like fun!

http://www.cottonginmuseum.org/festivals.htm
 
My dad used to run one of those cotton gins in Texas. As I remember, the two cylinder engine was a diesel that had to be started with a blowtorch on the glow plugs and when it started, you could hear it for half a county. I believe it had 18 inch pistons. It ran for years, 1940's, and when the sun went down and the humidity came up, you could hear it for miles.It had eight inch stacks for exhaust pipes. Later, they replaced the diesel with a big twin city propane burner which was two six cylinder engines with a common gear box. When they installed the new engines, the installers overreved the engines and some of the large cast iron pulleys disintergrated, sending schrapnel for hundreds of yards. One of my good friends was killed instantly and my father died a few days later from his injuries. I never went back.
 
Pappy, that sounds exactly like this engine, a Bessemer Model IV. Found some more info:

http://www.gasenginemagazine.com/gas-engines/bessemer-model-iv-at-burton-cotton-gin.aspx

Sad story about your dad and you friend, seems technology outran safety in the early days. Do you recall what town that was in?

" Reminds us to hold respect for the power of the beasts we build." Quote from the song "Crash At Crush", by Brian Burns.
 
I was planning to take my tractor but between the "unsettled" weather and an upcoming turkey hunt decided not to. I've heard it's good.
 
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