600 Horsepower Snow Gas Engine startup (Coolspring, June 2022)

Here is a 1917, 600 Horsepower Snow gas compressing engine running at the Coolspring Engine and Tractor show. This engine was manufactured by the Snow-Holly Works in Buffalo, NY. The rated output of the engine is 600 HP at 100 RPM, which yields a torque value of 31,500 ft-lbf. The natural gas compressing cylinder at the front of the engine was also manufactured by Snow and features an 18 inch bore and a 48 inch stroke. The compressor accepted gas at approximately 50 psi and raised it to 450 psi. Upon peak compression, the gas in the cylinder exerted a force of about 114,300 pounds on the piston. The engine is 75 feet long with a 18 ton, 18 ft diameter flywheel. The overall weight of the engine is estimated to be about 140 tons! The engine was owned and operated by National Fuel Gas Corporation of Titusville, PA and was donated in 1992.

[@ol_smokey9370]

I love how these old engines each have their own distinct rhythm. It's mesmerizing.

[@ironnerd8336]

Weee-upa-ook-chaw, weee-upa-ook-chaw, weee-upa-ook-chaw.

[@Maxumized]

That’s what she said

[@originalni_popisovac]

no u dont

[@Feinstaubgenerator]

a Sound like Music 🙂

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

They all sing their own song, and each is beautiful in its own right

[@grahamsengineering.2532]

And to think that was machined and assembled in the days long before CNC and Laser Alignment. Beautiful.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Yep! It is definitely a beautiful engine.

[@h.mandelene3279]

Also, I have doubts that today's engines will last as long as this one(and many others) do.

[@TheStefanskoglund1]

@@h.mandelene3279 A current design are intentionally designed to be that durable (and i don't believe the designers of this engine intended it to be running for something like 60 years) because that is what the customer WANTS due to most customers beliefs on how long their business is gonna have the new fangled toy running.

[@alexphillips4325]

Who needs fine tolerances when everything’s just freaking huge

[@RedEye19]

@@alexphillips4325 : Forgot the Pyramids I guess.

[@redsquirrelftw]

It's impressive seeing that much steel moving at that speed. The amount of momentum there is incredible.

[@crunks420]

"smack your grandma" taken to new levels

[@htomerif]

You should check out one of the videos on container ship engines. You can't see as many moving parts but the flywheel alone is more massive than this whole pump.

[@syedhashir2970]

Iron I think 🤔

[@Pgranlund]

@@htomerif Yeah, but this engine was made 1917, and that´s impressive, that it still runs.

[@htomerif]

@@Pgranlund I mean yeah, its still impressive. It would be interesting to see it under a load though. I didn't look too hard but it looks like the gas pipes on the compressor head are just open to the air.

[@byronmasser7798]

Dang I love the full throttle sound. It's like a music. Who agrees?

[@baconatordoom]

Wouldn't call it music. But it does sound like it has a percussive rhythm.

[@sanakassara]

I create industrial noise tracks with synths. The sounds on this video would totally pass as analog one, down to beat and tone. I have actually used steam engine sounds on my music projects.

[@davidleavitt1858]

I worked at a station in Kansas that had 21 of these in one building, but it was retired in 1993.

[@erinsblaiar]

grdhdrjr

[@ryguy32789]

I love how you an actually hear each of the four strokes

[@OldTooly]

I have so much respect for Worthington devices. As a young man very long ago, it was my job to start the 3 big Worthington air compressors for the entire multi building facility. Each compressor had a 120 hp electric motor, cooling tower on the roof and was about 25 feet long. The starter windings were manually accessed by a large floor mounted lever and when they were up to speed you'd throw the lever the opposite way and slip it around a latch hook. Then fill all the drip cup oilers right away, then go to the next machine. When they were loaded down, and through chance were in close to in sync with each other, I was unable to run my surface grinder for finishing several hundred feet away. Sounded so cool though. They were cut up for scrap and replaced by a screw drive Ingersoll Rand, which broke down regularly. My babies NEVER missed a day, ever.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Amazing story sir! The old Worthington equipment was definitely engineered well and built to last! Thanks for watching!

[@jdmjesus6103]

Old machines were built to last decades, or indefinitely with proper maintenance. Modern machines are built to last the government mandated warranty period. I'm currently in the process of restoring my old lathe and even after 70+ years, it requires minimal work to bring it back to perfect. And it was designed that way. They knew, decades in the future that someone would want to bring it back to new, so they allowed for that in the design. I can't imagine anyone doing business like that now, and it's sad.

[@Wolfewriter83]

Nearly ten years (and over one century!) later and still runs like a top. Thank you, CSPM, for keeping the old girl in immaculate condition :)

[@ThreePhaseHigh]

So what was their main power used for

[@RetroWorkShop773]

@@ThreePhaseHigh Description says it was used to compress natural gas. Probably for delivery into residential pipelines for furnaces, stoves, etc

[@markhoopertr]

It's amazing how that little brass arm can push that big piston back and forth so quickly.

[@bill8985]

🤣

[@sharp3552]

I know right, when I saw that I instantly saw a human looking arm, elbow and all, pushing and pulling!😂

[@Steve-nb9kg]

Seriously though, what is that arm doing?

[@bill8985]

@@Steve-nb9kg Hopefully someone who works on gas engines will reply. Maybe something related to distributing lubricating oil? (i.e. each stroke is being sensed - so perhaps once each stroke it actuates a small pump?) How these folks can restore such a machine is amazing.

[@mmarciniak]

@@bill8985 They usually require little to no restoration. They are overbuilt on purpose, as cost cutting measures were very conservative in order to ensure reliability and durability.

[@crazycoffee]

People wonder why I admire and like old stuff a lot more. Stuff like this engine. Made over 100 years ago and look at it. The craftsmanship is amazing.

[@douglasharley2440]

lol, i hope you are commenting on a victorian steam-powered computer! 🤣

[@douggreen9433]

Man , this thing was playing a tune. Very cool piece of engineering.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

It sure was! Thanks for watching!

[@franciscoosuna259]

That is why it is called TUNING AN ENGINE when it is out of tune. 😉

[@douggreen9433]

@@franciscoosuna259 🤦‍♂️🤣 I'll make a NOTE of that.

[@MrConan89]

I worked at a coal mine in UK in the 1970s where we had two massive steam engines for winding men, materials and coal. They were amazing to watch in action. In the 1971 National Strike, as middle management, I took on the role of keeping alight 4 of the 8 boilers to keep the winders working. On the last day of the strike the coal feed conveyor broke and I worked through the night to fix it so normal production could start the next day.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Very interesting story! Thanks for sharing!

[@georgecarlinn6288]

Hello THANK YOU for sharing your experience

[@robertholderman7552]

Yeuph ! The SNOW must GO ON “ my man ! “

[@BracaPhoto]

SCAB they call it 😅😁

[@varisleek3360]

scab

[@jackking5567]

Great to see an old engine being ran at its proper speed and also not powered by compressed air. The changes in direction of the connected mass is incredible. The forces behind that movement must be impressive.

[@DonLuc23]

And no stupid music, thank you....great video

[@ericcoffedgp40]

You're welcome, I'm sure you enjoyed!

[@timschutte6924]

This is amazing. This engine will literally last forever with proper maintenance. They literally do not make engines like this any more. Made by hand. A work of mechanical art.

[@kfl611]

Looks like it is made of very strong forged steel. No plastic or built in life expectancy - obsolescence here.

[@kizzjd9578]

They dont make them like this anymore because they need to be affordable, fuel efficient, small and light. End of story. You will find turbo jet and turbo fan engines are similar to this in terms of materials used, cost, maintenance and life. Most of the jet engines from the 1950’s are still in use today and only minor changes from the original design have happened.

[@user-bd6ft5jq1h]

Ещё скажите что Буре свои Часы тоже вручную делал все сделано на станках вопрос а станки на каких станках делали итак бесконечно

[@carmichaelmoritz8662]

Almost any motor can last forever with proper maintenance. Replacing parts is part of the maintenance just like with any other motor.

[@charlesmckinley29]

@@kizzjd9578 sadly emissions killed turbine engines for a lot of applications.

[@timsmith2926]

For me personally..... This is why I love old equipment. I'm more of an antique farm and construction equipment guy but it all fascinates me to no end. Designed by human brains with a slide rule and protractor, cast and machined without computers, assembled with precision and sweat & raw strength to do work in a place most will never even know it exists, and for the most part forgotten about after newer technology took it's place. If I could have a wish it would be to have the insane intelligence to comprehend such an undertaking and to have learned from those that wielded machines like this to life from scratch without modern assistance from computers. Purely amazing.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

I totally agree with you Tim, the engineering behind these old machines is crazy and to think everything was designed before computers and using only manpower.

[@brianbumgardner8704]

Along with this comment, do you believe an engine built today would still be running. These were huge yes, but they were robust engines made to endure extreme conditions.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

@@brianbumgardner8704 Most likely not. Engines today are much more complex and aren't meant to last more than a decade thanks to planned obsolescence.

[@djtaylorutube]

Indeed and when you look at the valve gear, it's almost as if you can envisage a team of humans operating that with the guidance of an orchestra conductor.

[@jesseamaya4413]

I know of a pipeline company that finds and rebuilds the older gas compressors just because on thier flat reliability. Example, the had one that developed an injector leak and blew off all its blast (!) doors. 6 months later it was running again. I think 780 rpm day in, day out.

[@-2u2]

The torque produced by that engine is amazing. I love the sound of it!

[@kevinknewtson7284]

I Remember casting wheels, bearing housings and other parts just like those in the video. I was working at McNally Pittsburg Foundry 1979. I created tons of iron from pig, steel and returns in 2 4,000 lb capacity electric furnaces there were 2 12,000 furnaces also.I charged by hand . Every pound. I adjusted the silicon and carbon content and poured at 2,800* into ladles ranging from 300 lb to 10,000 lb capacity. I was involved in the heavy mold assembly and heavy cleaning and pouring also.

[@unchosenid]

Yeah, I was thinking about the size of the foundry and sand pit they'd need to make such huge castings.

[@kevinknewtson7284]

@@unchosenid We poured incredible castings at McNally Foundry Pittsburg? Kansas. All molds for castings, with exception of the huge butterfly valve for hydroelectric dams, were crafted in a 2 piece flask. The bottom flask was called a drag; the top was a cope. There was a large pit in the foundry floor where the butterfly valve mold was assembled. Once assembled and ready to pour, 2 hot 10,000 pound capacity ladles were filled with molten iron from the furnaces. Timing and teamwork was important to insure temp was good and carbon and silicon content was good to pour. Butterfly valves were poured from 2 10,000 pound ladles simultaneously requiring skill and confidence from the crane operators and pouring crew. After pouring, the casting would smolder buried for a couple of days. Then a crew of us with shovels would start digging it out. After enough digging we would use chains and the crane to pull it free of the mold. A 15 ton crane was used to carry the casting about 60 yards south. There it was placed on 1,000 pound solid iron scale weights arranged to hold it up so we could clean it with air powered chisels and grinders. At this point the casting was unrecognizable and encrusted with burnt sand . But first, the huge risers had to be removed. This required the welder using a heliarc - hours of cutting to prepare the riser to be knocked off. Then using a 1,000 pound scale weight carefully swinging on a chain hooked to crane, the crane operator would knock off the risers. Hopefully the riser would not take a hunk of the casting with it. Then we could clean it. Sometimes during the cleaning process a bad place on the casting was discovered. The quality control guy would inspect, there would be a powwow and maybe the casting would be scrapped.

[@unchosenid]

@@kevinknewtson7284 That's amazing. I love watching videos of foundries casting huge objects. I run a small bronze foundry. When I first started the business I made my own small cope and drag but decided to use the lost wax method instead because even though it's the most expensive method, per piece, to cast the casting comes out with a smooth finish requiring significantly less polishing work. I use a #6 crucible that holds around 18 pounds of bronze. LOL. In fact I cast last night.

[@charlesmckinley29]

@@unchosenid have you tried 3D printing your molds with lost plastic? I was wondering how well that would work. Thanks

[@unchosenid]

@@charlesmckinley29 3D printing would not work for the lost wax method since it takes too long to print them. I have thought about using 3D printing to make the master patterns used to make the rubber molds that I use to cast my wax parts. What I do is take the part I want to reproduce and make either a two or three part mold of the part. I then use this mold to pour the wax into. Once the wax hardens I remove the part and "tree" a number of them onto a wax "trunk". They then get put into a flask that was filled with investment and it hardens. Once that happens I put the flask in a kiln and melt the wax out, then burn the residue out, then pour the bronze in the void left behind by the "lost" wax.

[@richb.4374]

Imagine how many millions of cycles this engines piston has traveled since 1917. The gigantic roller cam is a trip.

[@unchosenid]

Last for near forever......

[@bartdereu9267]

Current engines do more in a year then these engines do in a century

[@friendlypiranha774]

@@bartdereu9267- these old engines lasted a century, modern ones only a few years.

[@DoctorShocktor]

@@friendlypiranha774Yes, due to massive overengineering and inefficiency in those old engines. Today, engineering can design to much higher power and efficiency by using parts designed to a specific use and lifetime - no need to build 500 year engines for machines that operate for 20 years.

[@VintageTechFan]

100 RPM * 1440min/day * 350days/year (near continouus with some downtimes for maintanence) * 70 years (assuming it ran to the 1980s, which they did to my knowledge) = 352.800.000 cycles modern car engine: 2500 RPM (av.) * 60min/hour * 2000-4000h = 300.000.000 - 600.000.000 cycles Pretty similar ;)

[@jwc4520]

Had four such engines in the old river pumping station, Cincinnati, Ohio. Plans to remove the engines came to a halt when the engineers discovered removing the massive pumps would cause the entire four story pumping station to pop out of the ground like a cork, water pressure from the river would cause it to rise rapidly . They are a sight to behold, although the power station was torn down the massive smoke stack gone the big white round building and its four pumps remains.

[@scowell]

You're not talking about the Triple Steam? There are three triple-expansion steam engines upriver from Cincinnati? Watch the video Cincinnati Triple Steam for more. Bucket list to get on a tour of this facility... not easy! They are vertical, and ran on steam... this is horizontal, and runs on petroleum/gas/whatever... internal combustion. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bV6po2aIn9Nrn7M

[@jwc4520]

@@scowell my goodness it has been 40 years since I last saw those pumps, I was always awestruck k by their size, it was the flywheels that remind me of them, if you love old machines, it is a bucket list item. Now thinking about taking the grand kids there, as their great great grandfather worked on such engines . He passed away when I was 2, so I never got to know him, but he knew steam .. sadly all of the power plant including the smoke stack were demolished . Was there when the pilot carbon plant was built , the regeneration of the carbon was key to making it work, ,

[@1pcfred]

Jay Leno's wife is just praying that her husband never hears of this contraption.

[@andreixrt9866]

The men who build these deserve all the respect in the world

[@mmarciniak]

built

[@sugiuwara4266]

Mens*

[@mmarciniak]

@@sugiuwara4266 mans*

[@Pesmog]

Very impressive. This must be one of the largest surviving horizontal gas engines. Its amazing to think that the largest double acting horizontal gas engines had 60 inch bores and only slightly longer strokes and produced much more power. They must have been something really worth seeing. The biggest reciprocating engines were steam powered back then and were just enormous with some reaching 15,000hp and weighing 1800 tons. There is a 1000hp vertical triple expansion steam engine in the UK near London that still runs and is just over 60 feet tall and that was medium sized !

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Yes, the engineering behind these engines is incredible especially since everything was done without computers and pretty much only manpower was used to build them. Back in 1917 when this engine was built it was very technologically advanced compared to the steam engines.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

@Retired Bore Very interesting! I found the VW engines being used to generate electricity and heat to be a pretty darn good idea the more I thought about it. Thanks for sharing that neat info!

[@grahamsengineering.2532]

That Vertical Triple Expansion Engine was used in the movie Titanic. The engine is very similar to the Quadruple Expansion Engines of the Titanic.

[@robertholderman7552]

Wow I’d hate to see the whopper then !!! So sad to think that they got rid of all of them but that one !!! But then again it’s better than nothing I know it cost how much the house one of those things ?? Untold piles of money .. LOLOLOL ..

[@chrisfuller1268]

Amazing!

[@stubi1103]

Built in 1917, everything that will last for generations was made during this time... 👌 The people at that time still had professional honor.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Yessir, very true!

[@J_Westbrook]

Give it a 30 day warrantee and sell it!

[@stubi1103]

@@J_Westbrook There are no spare parts anymore... 😂

[@dennislock3415]

@@stubi1103 those can be made in a machine shop.

[@stubi1103]

@@dennislock3415 Of course you are absolutely right, a well-equipped machine shop can always repair such machines. I myself have worked on lathes and milling machines for many years. Hopefully there are still the model molds for the foundry.

[@johnsamu]

The technology used in those first gas engines and how they were built really resembles the steam engines that came before them.

[@jesseamaya4413]

Exactly. There were more than a few steam engines converted to internal combustion. Really interesting that this one has fire on BOTH sides of the pistons, just like most steam engines had steam on both sides of the piston.

[@cheechU38K]

Hypnotic to watch. Unbelievable moving parts that make modern computer design engines seem rough built. These mighty machines really were the driving force of industrial age.

[@frostproff4311]

У нас такие три на станции городского водопровода. Там даже стоять рядом дух захватывает.

[@Phantomthecat]

It’s playing ‘we will rock you’ by Queen - sing along, it’s brilliant! Also, it’s great to see a machine like this being run up to a decent speed - so many big engines in preservation are only ever run very slowly. This thing will still outlive all all of us.

[@unchosenid]

LOL! When it was going full speed I thought to myself; "That things got a good beat going."

[@khoughton411]

Virtually silent operation. Only sound is the clicking of oilers, exhaust chuff, and cam rollers. Perfection!

[@amitaimedan]

This should win the Grammy... What a nice music.💖

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Thank you very much!

[@isaacnorton6251]

I got the extreme pleasure of watching this engine's big sister run for the first time in years at the Buckley Old Engine Show in Buckley Michigan, a 1907 Tandem Compound Twin version, so two rows of cylinders with the flywheel in-between them, she has 23" bore pistons 48" stroke and makes 1100 HP at 98 RPM. its been running on compressed air for 6 years or so but this year was the first time running on her own power since the show acquired her. sadly she is believed to be the only one remaining in existence.

[@DrFrankeni]

I have seen that one run on both compressed air and her own. I hope to see it run again this August. One impressive machine!!!!

[@johnossendorf9979]

Short list of what it took to design this beast: Brilliant people, slide rules, drafting tables, pencil and paper .

[@jacovanloggerenberg]

Its the type of opera that mechanical minded people would go to. Nice music and a good show. All we need is beer.

[@lastmanstanding5338]

The engineering is incredible.

[@dev-debug]

The torque is insane, 31.5K ft-lb lol Cool engine !

[@scottprather5645]

So glad that people have preserved these vintage machines

[@angrodNumenesse]

Glad to see they got the cooling system issues sorted out for the summer running season. I was there in May and it wasn't operational. Some of the cooling lines had burst over the winter from water freezing in them. Nice to hear it again, even if it's only on video.

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

2:31 Is that tray at the end where it collects the cones that come out? How many does it make per minute? I heard it only pumps out thirtypoop a minute but can do more if you turn the knobs. I am the British man in the bath robe in this video operating the engine but that doesn't mean I know everything about it does it now? When I went to start it I had a problem.

[@yt650]

That seems to be a problem at CPM when it comes to making sure all the water is out of the engines before winter. An OTTO engine in the pump house had cracks in it because it wasn’t drained many years ago. Everyone wants to play with engines and set them up, routine maintenance just like on a race car is never a popular endeavor. Help is easy to find during the shows but when all of that comes to an end, it’s hard to find people willing to do the work. It’s no different anywhere else.

[@manga12]

@@yt650 tell me about it, I help on on nkp765 there is tons of grunt work unglamorous grunt work, that almost anyone can do some has a bit of an art to it or doing it getter, or knowing where parts need cleaned before its done, or everytime we have the engine fired up long enough eventually someone usually me, "but its a badge of honor" and move all the clinker and ash to the middle of the grates so it can be dumped and sweep the grates off when tilted, it gets you looking like you went coal minning and its a confined space, or blowing out the flues so the engine can breath and we can inspect it during the off season before we hydrostatic test it before running each year, or needle scaling and de rusting things theres tons of that too on the other stuff, and scraping locomotive hard rod grease off the underside of the engine and its a thick as tar, and hard to get off your gloves and hands and it gets places and corners you never knew existed.

[@8MoonsOfJupiter]

It's a little known fact, but this is the engine that actually powers the rotation of planet Earth.

[@rotunda57]

Wat a buncha hooey

[@ratdog3055]

My dad worked for the Ohio gas company at a compressor station and they still had two Snow's operating until I was a teenager. Awesome piece of machinery!

[@1776FREE2]

Could you imagine the look on our ancestors faces if we could go back and tell them “yeah… in the future we have 600 hp diesel engines the size of a small pony.”

[@RogierYou]

But not with that torque…

[@jarmstrong2843]

The mechanical abilities of those who designed and manufactured this machine way before the advent of computers and CNC are phenomenal. These people needed to visualize how things worked in their minds and did not have the advantage of the things we have today. I am in awe of these people.

[@frans4136]

Incredible! What a technique to make such a complicated machine run so smoothly and quietly. This is much more impressive to watch than even the most advanced supercomputer.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Thanks for watching! Yes, this engine runs very quiet. To think this engine was designed and built in 1917 is mind boggling!

[@TheStefanskoglund1]

It isn't complicated, it is basically very simple. The main trouble if you intend to do a new one using 1900 tech is finding (or amassing the knowledge which means a fair amount of trial-and-error) the filers and erecting mechanics which can do it (they need to be able to scrape a straight plane for the moving parts of the piston rod,)

[@georgepretnick4460]

Not everyone is aware of how these huge stationary engines were used. Most drove a wide leather belt which in turn drove a main power shaft into a manufacturing plant. All manner of pre-electric machines took power off that main power shaft. Everything from wood and metal shop machines to textile looms were powered by industrial engines.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Yep, these kinds of engines drove a lineshaft which drove all the equipment.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

@Retired Bore Very cool! It's amazing that machine was still doing its job so many decades later!

[@MikeBaxterABC]

@Retired Bore I set up and operated such a Brown and Sharpe automatic screw machine (a 2G model) made in WW2, up until the late 90's, We made small punches and dies.

[@dennisboekema2065]

I could watch and listen to this engine all day long, its an incredibke piece of engineering and i respect the people who maintain this and keep it working👍

[@Currawong]

What is most amazing to me is that not only is the design is based upon a steam engine, but the design has continued to be used for pumping gas, in the form of Cooper-Bessemer engines, for most, if not over a century!

[@Tez73]

Hard to believe that man made this in 1917 . If this was running every day and fully lubricated it would run for hundreds of years if you think about it . It’s running at a constant speed . Unlike a car engine . The men who built this and many more like it were GODS . God bless them all .

[@cds957]

Wow, this thing actually runs without a computer!! Very nice, thank you sir for posting this.👍

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Yessir, 100% mechanical! Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Fantastic! If the designers could see that some of today's 600 ho engines can nearly fit in a suitcase they'd be truly amazed. I wish the starting mechanism had been shown.

[@mikehess8116]

Compressed air is used to start these types of engines

[@plumberman4u]

May be able to get similar or even higher horsepower BUT they would be nowhere near the 31,500 ft-lbf of torque.

[@jeffmelcher2908]

@@plumberman4u All you have to do is run a modern engine through a gear reduction system and you will get the identical torque as this engine running at 100 RPM

[@davidvogel6359]

@@mikehess8116 you can hear the compression release before it gets up to speed.

[@johncochran8497]

@@plumberman4u And that torque means nothing. Just use a gear system to exchange rpm for torque. Remember: Work = Force through a distance. Power = Work per time. And torque is merely a measure of force. And as regards torque Power = RPM * torque So it's trivial to exchange between RPM and torque, double one, halve the other and the result is the same amount of power.

[@zorororonoa3578]

They call it science and technology. The whole thing is the Brain .The Brain of the Genius.

[@colvinator1611]

What a fantastic piece of engineering. I could watch this all day. America has always produced brilliant engineers and this is a fine example. Colin UK.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Thanks for watching Colin! I'm glad you enjoyed. Yes, this engine is very impressive.

[@colvinator1611]

@@ericcoffedgp40 It's part of the engineering history of your great nation. It's vital that young people see what innovators from a bygone age created I believe Eric.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

@@colvinator1611 I totally agree! As I always say, we must preserve the past to educate the future.

[@coachbrandon01]

@@colvinator1611 America is made up of Immigrants who brought their skills to the country. Much of our talent is imported, and handed down through generations. Many immigrants brought their whole community, and kept many of their traditions. There were "German" towns found in many states. Places called China town, where it resembles Chinese cultures, and arts. We have an area, in our city, where it is known for Italian culture and food. After ww2, be brought the German scientists to help produce NASA. You can see many cultures, believe it or not, that resemble the world. We are like a mixing pot of all other countries, in terms of the people who live here, and the cultures within it. I think it is important to note, also, that the most talented people tend to want to go to America for their best opportunities. It is safe to say that we have talent, from all over the world, concentrated into one big country. It took all of those skills, from all of those cultures, and allowed the freedom to combine them. Because freedom allowed exploration, there were failures. but the growth was very organic, over time, but concentrated during wartime.

[@zaf2917]

I'm amazed how quiet it runs, when compared to modern workshop compressors. Also, the rythm could make for a banger soundtrack.

[@smithno41]

Running at just 100 RPM is what makes it quiet relative to a modern compressor

[@amy-joe5772]

I like seeing the past being brought back to life

[@ericcoffedgp40]

I'm glad you can appreciate the preservation of these old machines. Thanks for watching!

[@matt01506]

Forget turbo this and injection that ! This is just mesmerizing raw power ! WATT BRILLIANT ENGINEERING FOR THE TIME . (spelt "WATT" like that as a deliberate pun) !

[@stijn2472]

Absolutely gorgeous engine. I would love to see it run for myself in real life. Thank you for this fantastic video.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

I would definitely recommend going to Coolspring to see this engine in action, it is a real neat piece of history.

[@TomPauls007]

Captivating! Everything working in a symphony of sounds and intricacy. Love the oiler systems. Good job videoing; thanks!!

[@trm4life]

It's quite musical, "DJ, drop a beat!" 😆

[@annoyedok321]

This is what the Mad Max films are missing.

[@williamgunter6801]

Great grandad and company were quite ingenious! Opposed design, but not necessarily opposed pistons, and single cam actuating both valves within each cylinder. Also, this engine seems to fire at front and behind each piston, for both cylinders; Two pairs of valves, common flywheel. What a machine. Definitely worth preserving.👍

[@rykerhasyounow]

Let's also appreciate the fact that we've managed to squeeze this much power output into something not much bigger than an Esky. Awesome!

[@rykerhasyounow]

Obv not at those torque levels. 😂

[@ericcoffedgp40]

@@rykerhasyounow Yeah definitely! The torque produced by this engine is unbelievable!

[@tcmtech7515]

It's a service life issue. 600 HP on a tiny I4 doing 18,0000 RPM is a 10 minutes service life thing. Whereas this was built to do 600 HP 24/7 for 10 decades.

[@fredblair8694]

The great old days

[@rykerhasyounow]

@@fredblair8694 Not as great as the new ones! 😉

[@tedium37]

There's something very soothing about the sound of it running. I could sleep very well to this soundtrack.

[@allisterjackson6916]

Amazing seeing that beast get up to speed.

[@gilgarcia3008]

I had the pleasure of maintaining Worthington Triplex, Septuplex, and Worthington compressors from the 1920’s while working at ALCOA’s Vernon Works .

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Very good! Thanks for sharing that information!

[@gilgarcia3008]

@@ericcoffedgp40 that was the work I enjoyed the most.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

@@gilgarcia3008 Very nice!

[@michaelbauers8800]

It actually seems quiet to me, as I am used to watching steam videos. Looks so smooth running. I loved seeing those huge cams.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Thanks for watching Michael, I am glad you enjoyed!

[@robertosisti8468]

È uno spettacolo ipnotico vedere queste macchine in funzione. Un pensiero agli sconosciuti lavoratori del passato che hanno realizzato questi capolavori...sono come Michelangelo👏👏

[@lukewise1227]

I will never consider roller rockers and overhead camshafts a modern engine innovation again. I thought they were great horsepower bolt ons for muscle cars in the 70's. Now I realise they existed for a long time beforehand.

[@kenolson3064]

Mechanical engineering genius. The mathematical calculations to build this machine we're done long before the invention of the slide rule. It's quite humbling actually.

[@edsmachine93]

Beautiful engineering. A real mechanical marvel. Excellent condition. Thank you for sharing. Take care, EM.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

It sure is Ed, thanks for watching!

[@johnsim3722]

Hypnotic watching and listening to it run. It's a beautiful thing.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

It sure is! Thanks for watching!

[@karbengo]

When that flywheel spins up, its gyroscopic effect can tilt the Earth's axis.

[@thelatiosmaster]

This engine has a sick beat when it's going full

[@benniebarrow348]

Beautiful machinery…….it’s amazing how artistic the motion of this is.

[@nearchd504]

Those masses are seriously very well balanced

[@stumpifier2965]

Would you be surprised to learn there is no counterweight at all? It's simply the 287 yards of concrete it's bolted to and that flywheel that absorb the forces.

[@nearchd504]

🤤

[@Debraj1978]

This flywheel has enough kinetic energy to flatten half a town.

[@assassinlexx1993]

I really wish there was a person doing a voice over to explain what everything is doing. This is very complicated system.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Next time I do a video on this engine I'll do a walk around explaining how everything works.

[@assassinlexx1993]

@@ericcoffedgp40 That would be awesome. To engineer that engine so long ago.

[@farmerkevin]

I work on gas wells that fed gas to this compressor its entire life. These big compressors were manned 24/7 and got too expensive to keep going. There were houses built next to the compressor stations that the crew and their families lived. Awesome stuff.

[@b43xoit]

I knew about a computer for which an engineer was kept onsite full time to repair it when it would break.

[@BlueEyedColonizer]

I'm am super impressed watching this thing in 2022. I can only imagine how the people watching the year it was made felt.

[@alexiarubberslut]

Music to fall asleep by💜

[@b01tact10n]

Beautiful, these are outlasting whatever they come up with today which i think are subpar. Look at the material used to build such a work of art 100% high quality made in USA!

[@fgncg]

Великолепное технопорно! Спасибо вам!

[@elcheapo5302]

What an amazing machine. The size of those castings!

[@ericcoffedgp40]

The size of the castings are very impressive, these engines were produced in small numbers so the castings weren't used very much when these engines were being manufactured.

[@zbigniewkozlowski2749]

Build before BC , before computers , marvel of ingenuity

[@bigbubba0439]

Why and how does this 100+ year old engine make the absolute sickest beats?!

[@kennethsmith3260]

They don't make em like that any more. Things were built to last back in the day. I love the sounds and watching the parts move at that speed is hypnotic.

[@shawntailor5485]

I wish I'd be around to see ANYTHING made today doing its thing in 100 years .

[@vitoscaletta3886]

Fine piece of machinery!

[@ArnoldsDesign]

What a great machine. I was there in 2022. This engine pumped gas for many years not too far from where I grew up.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

That's awesome! Thanks for watching! 😊

[@MmmmDatAss]

Old engines like this were almost works of art themselves. So many parts coming together just right to make a fully functional and dependable engine that would outlive the makers of it. I bet the people who designed and built this engine had no idea people would look at it and be in awe at it all. Sure, we have more powerful engines today in smaller packages, but they're just not the same. I could literally fall asleep listening to the sweet music of this engine running.

[@user-xk3oc3wi2g]

Oh..피가 끓는 파워가 넘친다ㆍ 스트레스 쌓이거나 우울할때 보면 심신이 안정되고 에너지가 넘치게 될것같아요

[@victoryfirst2878]

This is one elegant engine Eric. I can only imagine the work that went into setting up the engine, making a enclosure and so on. Job well done for sure. Hope to stop over and see this in person.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

It sure is! Thanks for watching!

[@victoryfirst2878]

@@ericcoffedgp40 What can you tell me about the adventure of enclosing the big SNOW engine ??

[@ericcoffedgp40]

@@victoryfirst2878 The Snow engine was definitely quite a sight to see being moved and seeing the building built around it was also quite impressive.

[@victoryfirst2878]

@@ericcoffedgp40 I have to see it in its glory in person. Probably this coming year. Got to get my foot fixed.

[@AmbiAnts589]

What a beautiful machine. It's making some wonderful industrial music too!

[@jareddahlseid551]

Bad mamma jamma right there!!! The old man at the end rollin in on an electric cart was priceless lol.

[@ChristopherReal-Woods-vf1mq]

Wow. Who else can appreciate the time and the engineering of this beautiful engine? Just picture that. This is so mind blowing.

[@viv758]

Por qué me resulta tan satisfactorio ver está hermosa máquina funcionando?🙂

[@Kyntteri]

It used to do pressurising work for pipelines but now in its retirement days it's just hypnotising people for fun. Kinetic art at its best.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Yessir, well said! Demonstrating the past to educate the future!

[@Feinstaubgenerator]

I love this old Machines. Thank you 🙂

[@ericcoffedgp40]

You're welcome!

[@rupe53]

Looking at this beast and wondering who came up with the idea to do "roller lifters" a decade before they were available on automotive engines. I would have paid good money to see the original building this thing came out of. The whole place must have been a time capsule. (which is the other half of the experience)

[@stefanmihaylov3344]

Супер перфект става за всичко.

[@KillingDeadThings]

The sound. Amazing piece of machinery.

[@mr.boobania]

Industrial Revolution af!

[@ashishpatel350]

We now have 600 hp under the hood of a lot of cars

[@vanquynguyen8298]

Hơn trăm năm rồi !

[@joaomaglianooliveira1348]

Muito bonito o trabalho dessas máquinas ! Meu avô tinha um engenho à vapor 👏👏👏👏🤝👍🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷💖🇨🇮

[@josephbelisle5792]

Its an amazing machine. There are levelers all along its frame to keep the whole machine even.

[@ottokruger9775]

Today's machines would not last 5% as long as these beauty's unbelievable to see how hand-made machines keep on going Otto Kruger