This image really needed a person standing in the shot to show the size of these machines that are in "The Great Engine Room" inside the Waterworks Museum in Boston, MA.
Info: "The Waterworks Museum is located on the site of the original Chestnut Hill Reservoir and pumping station. By the 1880’s, Boston’s water system couldn’t keep up with the rapid growth of the city and its water needs. Chestnut Hill was identified as the location for a new reservoir and main pumping station. The original station was built in 1887, but by the 1890’s, it was clear that demand had quickly outstripped the ability to transport sufficient water. The need for more water resulted in the installation of increasingly powerful (and enormous!) pumping engines, which operated every day until the 1970’s, when the site was taken offline, and Boston’s water supply shifted to the Quabbin Reservoir. The Chestnut Hill Reservoir, however, is still used as a back-up source of water in case of emergencies."
For more info: www.waterworksmuseum.org/about-the-museum
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"Allis is a 5-story, self-contained steam engine that was the most thermally efficient pump of its era. Installed in 1898, Alllis was also 30 percent more fuel efficient than any other steam engine of its era.
The parts were manufactured in Milwaukee and sent to Boston via train, where they were assembled in the open air while an extension to the Waterworks building was constructed around it–brick by brick.
Apart from two giant flywheels that had to be hand-started by workmen with crowbars, Allis practically ran itself. It required nothing more than periodic oiling. Workers spent the rest of their time as they liked, and they often liked to polish and tend to Allis. The engine’s relatively pristine condition today gives evidence to the care lavished upon it at the time."
Source: www.bujournalism.com/freeradicalsmag/onthewater/steam-pow...
Tags: waterworks museum boston MA Massachusetts history historic Chestnut Hill pumping station pump pump house reservoir Worthington Allis engine steam Beacon Street drinking water water pumping Frank C. Grace Trig Photography New England hdr tone mapped pipes gauges valves fittings industrial massive engineering steampunk
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"Allis is a 5-story, self-contained steam engine that was the most thermally efficient pump of its era. Installed in 1898, Alllis was also 30 percent more fuel efficient than any other steam engine of its era.
The parts were manufactured in Milwaukee and sent to Boston via train, where they were assembled in the open air while an extension to the Waterworks building was constructed around it–brick by brick.
Apart from two giant flywheels that had to be hand-started by workmen with crowbars, Allis practically ran itself. It required nothing more than periodic oiling. Workers spent the rest of their time as they liked, and they often liked to polish and tend to Allis. The engine’s relatively pristine condition today gives evidence to the care lavished upon it at the time."
Source: www.bujournalism.com/freeradicalsmag/onthewater/steam-pow...
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