tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post3432232305830957830..comments2024-03-25T13:20:22.146-04:00Comments on Retrotechnologist: WORTHINGTON TRIPLESRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-23838328644773898372010-04-23T01:10:24.486-04:002010-04-23T01:10:24.486-04:00There's a Steam Engine Museum in RI and they h...There's a Steam Engine Museum in RI and they have steam meets. And to top it off they have a wireless museum with a working spark gap transmitter, that they do fire up on *special* occasions. (FCC allowing)<br /><br />http://www.newsm.org/steam-engines/steam.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-41047600156868642162010-04-22T13:18:23.697-04:002010-04-22T13:18:23.697-04:00How about an 1860s-vintage 47-ton balance-beam? A...How about an 1860s-vintage <a href="http://www.crossness.org.uk/sites/20030922PJK/engines.htm" rel="nofollow">47-ton balance-beam</a>? And look at the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgeezer/44400901/in/set-971214/" rel="nofollow">Victorian ornamentation</a>! (more pictures beyond that one)Old Grouchhttp://oldgrouch.mee.nunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-15895189961152275512010-04-21T08:15:31.787-04:002010-04-21T08:15:31.787-04:00There's an annual Threshers and Collectors Sho...There's an annual Threshers and Collectors Show near Albert City IA. They have a couple of operating stationary engines including a huge Fairbanks-Morse 3 cylinder Diesel and a Corliss steam with a 6 or 7 foot flywheel.<br /><br />A fun weekend, with all sorts of large and small engines, farm machinery, even ice cream churned with a small John Deere stationary engine.JohnMXLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02671095673014400915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234406140077819810.post-75447074901860374542010-04-21T07:45:31.013-04:002010-04-21T07:45:31.013-04:00When I was a kid I had a little steam engine toy, ...When I was a kid I had a little steam engine toy, a static gadget with a boiler heated by Sterno and a piston-driven flywheel. I loved that thing!Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.com