Great video! I've been going to Cool Spring since 2010 and got to see the reconstruction of this engine piece by piece and it is always fascinating to see it run. Even more amazing is looking through the photo albums and seeing the pictures of it being disassembled in 1992 and the National Fuel Gas Corporation of Titusville, Pennsylvania in Crawford County who owned it and donated it to the museum were so gracious as to let it be stored on their property in a building until it was transported to Cool spring in 2006.
+fanmanJ Thank you! I tried to cover parts that i wished i was able to see in other vids, namely the stack talk. Glad you enjoyed it. stay tuned for more!
FInally found a more in-depth video on this, thank you :D Got some really nice shots of the various bits and bobs of the engine. Been planning to use it as a reference for several projects.
I echo fanmanJ' s comment: I'm grateful, too, for a very fine video. Please could you tell me whether this is the same type as the one at Rollag MN? Was it running on only seven spark plugs when the video was made (I realise that there are two plugs per combustion chamber) because one of the magneto coils didn't look as if it was operating? And as for the "stack talk", I can only assume that the Blaisdell Windy City engine wasn't operating at the time: you wouldn't be able to hear yourself think, let alone enjoy the Snow when that one's running, would you?
Thank you for the compliments! I believe (maybe someone else can verify or correct me) but i think the engine in Rollag came from the same building that this one did. Technically it's not running on any spark plugs, each cylinder has two ignitors, which is a low-tension ignition source. They are basically a set of points and when they open a spark jumps the gap. But yes, one set of coils seemed to be not operational for some reason. I assume the Blaisdell wasn't running, but it is a ways away from the Snow, down a hill and through some trees.
wonder why these were never used in marine service. could be geared to run a shaft and the RPMs are about the same as the steam of the era and even large diesel later.
les constructeurs ont oublier une chose très importante et c est sa qui est marrant ils ont oublier de mettre la date de péremption sur les moteurs meme 100 ans a l arrêt un coup de WD40 et roule ma poule
Great video! I've been going to Cool Spring since 2010 and got to see the reconstruction of this engine piece by piece and it is always fascinating to see it run. Even more amazing is looking through the photo albums and seeing the pictures of it being disassembled in 1992 and the National Fuel Gas Corporation of Titusville, Pennsylvania in Crawford County who owned it and donated it to the museum were so gracious as to let it be stored on their property in a building until it was transported to Cool spring in 2006.
thank you for doing the most in-depth video of this engine! an amazing piece of machinery.
+fanmanJ Thank you! I tried to cover parts that i wished i was able to see in other vids, namely the stack talk. Glad you enjoyed it. stay tuned for more!
FInally found a more in-depth video on this, thank you :D
Got some really nice shots of the various bits and bobs of the engine. Been planning to use it as a reference for several projects.
That’s a lot of torque
Gettin ready!
Hust Hust
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I echo fanmanJ' s comment: I'm grateful, too, for a very fine video. Please could you tell me whether this is the same type as the one at Rollag MN? Was it running on only seven spark plugs when the video was made (I realise that there are two plugs per combustion chamber) because one of the magneto coils didn't look as if it was operating? And as for the "stack talk", I can only assume that the Blaisdell Windy City engine wasn't operating at the time: you wouldn't be able to hear yourself think, let alone enjoy the Snow when that one's running, would you?
Thank you for the compliments! I believe (maybe someone else can verify or correct me) but i think the engine in Rollag came from the same building that this one did. Technically it's not running on any spark plugs, each cylinder has two ignitors, which is a low-tension ignition source. They are basically a set of points and when they open a spark jumps the gap. But yes, one set of coils seemed to be not operational for some reason. I assume the Blaisdell wasn't running, but it is a ways away from the Snow, down a hill and through some trees.
Thank-you for the information; that explains how the ignition works.
wonder why these were never used in marine service. could be geared to run a shaft and the RPMs are about the same as the steam of the era and even large diesel later.
les constructeurs ont oublier une chose très importante et c est sa qui est marrant ils ont oublier de mettre la date de péremption sur les moteurs meme 100 ans a l arrêt un coup de WD40 et roule ma poule