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Post by vintageslrs on Feb 18, 2011 12:03:46 GMT -5
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photax
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Post by photax on Feb 18, 2011 12:50:28 GMT -5
Hi Bob !
Whats this ? Some device from a water mill ? The biggest rail wheel ever made ? I am helpless...
MIK
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Post by vintageslrs on Feb 18, 2011 13:19:14 GMT -5
MIK---your first guess was correct. It is an Harris-Corliss steam engine Wheel/Pulley used in Franklin, NH. The William A. Harris Steam Engine Company in Providence, Rhode Island, supplied a number of corporations with mill engines for hybrid (steam and water) power systems in the 1800's.  Wheel by bob40caliber, on Flickr Courtesy of Slater Mill Historic Site. Bob |
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Post by photax on Feb 18, 2011 15:49:06 GMT -5
Thanks Bob, very interesting !
MIK
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Post by Randy on Feb 18, 2011 17:41:17 GMT -5
Great to see you got back out. Very nice shots Bob.
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Post by vintageslrs on Feb 18, 2011 20:19:49 GMT -5
Thanks Randy----you know how much I like that Wheel! lol.
Bob
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