Start up, Run and Shutdown of the 600 HP Snow Engine at Coolspring – June 2013
Start up, Run and Shutdown of the 600 HP Snow Engine at Coolspring – June 2013
600 HP Snow Natural Gas Pumping engine at Coolspring June 2013. Shown here is the start-up operation and shutdown of this most impressive engine. After several years of hard work, the job had progressed where the crew was able to perform a few test runs. On this particular test ( the fourth start-up) a few mechanical adjustments had been made and on-line fuel valve settings performed. My hats off to a truly incredible volunteer effort by the Coolspring Museum staff
AI – “The 1917 600 HP Snow engine is a massive, twin-tandem horizontal natural gas engine built by Snow-Holly of Buffalo, NY. Located at the Coolspring Power Museum, this 140-ton machine runs at 100 RPM, producing 31,500 ft-lbf of torque from 86,800 cubic inches of displacement. It features two double-acting cylinders in tandem, driving a directly connected gas compressor.”
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