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Worlds largest steam engines??

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Tim Twichell

11-19-2003 21:23:29




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Hi folks, I was wondering if anyone can tell me what were the largest stationary steam engines ever built?? I assume they were the Allis "Manhattan Engines" used for generating power for the electric rail passenger train around NYC at the turn of the century. Could someone here shed a little more light on the subject?? Thanks, Tim Twichell.




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Biggest Beam engine

02-02-2004 06:59:50




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 Re: Worlds largest steam engines?? in reply to Tim Twichell, 11-19-2003 21:23:29  
I know that the largest surviving Beam engine is the 100 Inch Engine used for pumping water for London The engine is at Kew Bridge Steam Museum it is not running yet but they ar working on it. They do have their 90 inch engine working just look at Link for details



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Wayne

11-26-2003 21:40:27




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 Re: Worlds largest steam engines?? in reply to Tim Twichell, 11-19-2003 21:23:29  
I was changing channels earlier tonight and caught the last minute or two of a thing on the Discovery channel. It was about a steam engine powered pump out in the mid west somewhere that was used to pump water out of a mine. I believe they said it was shut down in 1914. I don't remember what the name of the thing was and I didn't see enough of that segment to know who made the thing but it now had a big building around it and is open as a tourist attraction. This thing looked huge, I'd guess something like 30+ feet tall, and the flywheel looked like it was 3 or 4 feet wide and maybe 12 feet in diameter. They did say it turned at 10RPM and pumped 3000GPM and made a stream that ran through the middle of the town where it was. I'd love to see this thing up close, and if there is one bigger I would really love to see it too.

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Jason Kendrick

12-07-2003 11:11:50




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 Re: Re: Worlds largest steam engines?? in reply to Wayne, 11-26-2003 21:40:27  
Here you go gents:

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The Tod Engine Foundation is a 34" x 68" x 60" cross compound stationary steam engine. The Tod Engine was manufactured in 1914 in Youngstown, Ohio to power a six stand, 24" merchant mill for the Brier Hill Steel Company. It weighs 300 tons, has overall dimensions of 27' x 47', is equipped with a 20' diameter flywheel and produced a maximum of 4,000 hp at 75 rpm. It is claimed to be the largest engine of its type still in existence in the U.S. and quite possibly the world.

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j.j.

12-03-2003 15:05:20




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 Re: Re: Worlds largest steam engines?? in reply to Wayne, 11-26-2003 21:40:27  
In Emmmett Idaho we have Corliss Steam engine on display. 1100 H.P. 16 ft. flywheel flywheel weighs 16 tons. 54 inch belt. weighs 1 ton. 103 ft long and travells about 52 m.P.H. Exhaust steam from engine drives a turbine to generate 2000 h.p. of electric energy. 50 ton of water per hour has to be pumped to power plant in order to operate steam engine. Installed new in1916 in a lumber mill no longer operating.

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j.j.

12-03-2003 21:02:15




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 Re: Re: Re: Worlds largest steam engines?? in reply to j.j., 12-03-2003 15:05:20  
type in. Corliss Steam Engines. very interesting.



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