Corliss Steam Engine
450 horsepower Rice & Sargent Corliss steam engine running on steam at Camillus Erie Canal Town Park, 9/27/08.
Midwest Old Threshers Reunion Steam Powerhouse 08/03/2009
Water entering the pump chambers is prevented from back-flowing by a series of annular one-way valves, timed to open and close at just the right moment of the stroke cycle. The movement of these Riedler valves is precisely controlled by a Corliss-type valve gear, similar to that found on...
The Leavitt engine is older than the Allis, and utilizes a mixture of Poppet and traditional slide-type valve gear to regulate the high-, intermediate-, and low-pressure cylinders.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
The Henry Ford Museum
Dearborn, Michigan
www.hfmgv.org/
Olympus E-510 DSLR
Olympus ED 9-18mm f.4.0-5.6 wide-angle zoom
ISO 800 SHQ
