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10 minutes ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

Purty cool... but what does it do...?  :huh:

 

It was used to compress natural gas to move through pipelines.

 

http://www.coolspringpowermuseum.org/Exhibits/Exley/Snow_600_00.htm

 

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2022/09/ever-heard-of-600-hp-snow-gas-engine-i.html

 

https://www.practicalmachinist.com/forum/threads/600-hp-snow-gas-engine.114751/

 

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14 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

Purty cool... but what does it do...?  :huh:

 

39 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

Yeah, what?

It goes thunk da chee-toe, thunk da chee-toe, thunk da chee-toe… over and over and over…

 

:P

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This is the coolest part, where the li'l dude's skinny brass arm has a-holt of the whizbanger piston rod thingee and whips it back and forth....  :)

 

 

 

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18 minutes ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

This is the coolest part, where the li'l dude's skinny brass arm has a-holt of the whizbanger piston rod thingee and whips it back and forth....  :)

 

 

 

WOW! It’s amazing that the little brass arm pushes that big piston back and forth. Amazing! Simply amazing. :rolleyes:

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