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By an unknown maker, this steam engine was used to drive wooden paddles, via chain drive and line-shafting, in the sewage intake culvert. Slaked lime was mixed with the sewage to reduce the obnoxious smell and reduce the acidity of the waste from the nearby breweries. Claymills Victorian Pumping Station near Burton-upon-Trent
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Liberty L-12 Aircraft Engine
The Liberty engine was designed at the request of the U.S. Government's Aircraft Production Board in May 1917. Designed in only five days it became one of the most produced and successful early American aircraft engines. The engine was specifically designed to be easy to mass produce and more than 20,000 were produced between 1917 and 1919. Most of the major and many smaller automobile manufacturers in the U.S. were given contracts to produce Liberty engines. This particular one was built by the Lewis Spring and Axle Company of Chelsea, Michigan.
Technical Specifications:
Length: 67.375 in (1,711 mm)
Width: 27 in (686 mm)
Height: 41.5 in (1,054 mm)
Weight: 845 Ib (383 kg)
Power: 449 hp (335 kW) at 2,000 rpm
There were a large variety of steam engines at the Australian Heritage Festival, these ones were mostly all "portable" steam engines, meaning that they had wheels and could therefore be "easily" moved to another location. (as opposed to standing engines which usually stayed where they were installed).
I'm clueless as to how an engine ended up at the beach on the way to Last Pond... in the middle of nowhere.
For more information on this and other Concours events, see our page on the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and Monterey Auto Week.
I chemically stripped the paint from the camshaft cover but everytime I finished cleaning it oxidised and left white powdery residue. So I decided to have it shot blasted. Nice matt finish ready for primer.