Stationary steam engines, compressors and pumps
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Beautiful light at the entrance of the old Compressor House at Geevor tin mine. The building was used to create compressed air for equipment down the mines.
For an account of my trip to Cornwall, with more pictures from Geevor, and lots of interest to anyone who’s watched Poldark:
Entrance to the compressor house, with the sea beyond.
For an account of my trip to Cornwall, with more pictures from the old mines, and lots of interest to anyone who’s watched Poldark:
The ruin of the old compressor house at Levant Mine, in thick fog. It was used to make compressed air to work the drills in the mines.
For an account of my trip to Cornwall, with more pictures from the old mines, and lots of interest to anyone who’s watched Poldark:
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With my three uploads today I've been looking at reflections in the windows of the foghorn shed at the Low Head Lighthouse in northern Tasmania. Once again we see the view behind me of the sea, sky and clouds. And through the glass we also catch a glimpse of the air compressors of this massive foghorn that can be heard 30 kilometres out to sea. But with the reflection it creates an almost surreal image in the René Magritte sense.
It was installed in 1929, and if you look closely you can see some of the fine engineering that went into producing this compressor.
The compressor house on a different day - no fog and actually plenty of sunshine. Fantastic structure.
For an account of my trip to Cornwall, with more pictures from the old mines, and lots of interest to anyone who’s watched Poldark:
In a room beneath the Steinmüller cyklon boiler there are some nice machines, which are - I guess - high pressure pumps or compressors.
Abandoned power plant of a former paper mill - Germany
This was a working station in Virginia City, Montana, but the two red pumps were old, and not useable. The dollar's indicators only had three places which means $9.99 was the highest amount that would register. However, with the price per gallon for regular being .26, and high test being .29 per gallon respectively, it would amount to 35-38 gallons of gas for under $10 dollars! At that time, that would be more than enough to fill the tanks of just about any car or light truck! I also like the black tire air compressor units with the hand cranks to adjust the pressure desired. And each pound of pressure while filling your tire(s) would confirm each pound added with an audible ring...who remembers those?
4 stage compressor for air. Manufactured at DEMAG in the 60s. Freshly overhauled it still runs today....
I think Peter Lindbergh would have liked it.
Ilford HP5+ exposed like 1600ISO, developed in Kodak's HC110.
Mamiya645 proTL, Sekor45/2.8
50 mm diameter at the base
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This was manufactured on a 5 axis Robodrill CNC machining center.