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4 stage compressor for air. Manufactured at DEMAG in the 60s. Freshly overhauled it still runs today....
Ilford HP5+ exposed like 1600ISO, developed in Kodak's HC110.
Mamiya645 proTL, Sekor45/2.8
It's great when industries don't sell on or dismantle out of use equipment and simply lock the door and walk away. Very surprised the lights still worked in the little compressor room. A lot of people would probably be mistaken thinking they've found a steam engine, it is in fact reverse engineered. An electric motor runs the flywheel with the piston pumping air into the air tanks building up compression. The Compressor dates back to 1921 and comes from the G.Hopkins & Sons Refrigeration Engineers, London.
Struck by a run-away tire, Mr. Compressor lies in wait of assistance.
I found this while out for a walk, quite unexpectedly. And, by sheer coincidence, We're Here looking for unexpected objects in unexpected places. I think it was unexpected by Mr. Compressor also!
Dinorwic had 5 air-compressors in the quarry, the most well-known being the Compressor House on the Braich side of the quarry at Australia level. This example is lower down on the Garret side at Penrhydd Level, next to the Smithy and the start of the Foxes Path.
Once upon a time, pharmacists made up their own medicines and bottled them. Then they had to get a cork into the bottle. This is a cork compressor; the fresh cork is placed in the slot and the handle forced shut to compress it. The cork is quickly put in the bottle neck where it expands to seal the bottle. Not high tech, but it worked!
Compressor rotors and inlet guide vane (IGV) housings from Westinghouse J34 turbojet engines.
These parts were probably removed from J34s that were once installed on Lockheed P2V / P-2 Neptune maritime patrol aircraft. Minden Air used to operate P2V / P-2 fire-fighting air tankers, such as Tanker 55:
Westinghouse J34 (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_J34
Photographed at Minden-Tahoe Airport (MEV / KMEV)
Upgraded air compressor in action with the landing gear of the ship that's now been in development for what feels like forever.
a photo of an air compressor fitted to the Berliet 120x 140 engine showing the drive being taken from the timing gears. This was a common way of doing things by Berliet
Interior of the combined compressor and pumping engine house at South Shaft.
The Holman built air compressor which fed the rock drills was situated on the right, and the Cornish pump on the left.