Landmarks in Mechanical Engineering

Landmarks in Mechanical Engineering......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 4
PREFACE......Page 11
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 15
Introduction......Page 16
Newcomen Memorial Engine......Page 18
Fairmount Waterworks......Page 20
Further Reading......Page 22
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Scoop Wheel and Steam Engines......Page 23
Further Reading......Page 24
Further Reading......Page 25
Archimedean Screw Pump......Page 26
Chapin Mine Pumping Engine......Page 27
Leavitt-Riedler Pumping Engine......Page 29
Further Reading......Page 30
Erasmus D. Leavitt, Jr.......Page 31
Chestnut Street Pumping Engine......Page 32
A.B. Wood Low-lift Screw Pump......Page 33
Further Reading......Page 35
Reynolds-Corliss Pumping Engine......Page 36
Worthington Horizontal Cross-compound Pumping Engine......Page 37
Further Reading......Page 38
Introduction......Page 39
Great Falls Raceway and Power System......Page 42
Location/Access......Page 43
Lowell Power Canal System and Pawtucket Gatehouse Turbine......Page 44
Location/Access......Page 46
James B. Francis, the Maker of Lowell......Page 47
Holyoke Water Power System......Page 48
Further Reading......Page 49
Morris Canal Scotch (Reaction) Turbine......Page 50
James Lee and Plane No. 9 West......Page 51
Boyden Hydraulic Turbines, Harmony Mill No. 3......Page 52
Uriah Atherton Boyden......Page 53
Further Reading......Page 54
Introduction......Page 55
Boulton & Watt Rotative Steam Engine......Page 58
Horsepower......Page 59
Location/Access......Page 60
Hacienda La Esperanza Sugar Mill Steam Engine......Page 61
Harris-Corliss Steam Engine......Page 63
George H. Corliss and the Corliss Engine......Page 65
Further Reading......Page 66
Introduction......Page 67
Roosa Master Diesel Fuel-injection Pump......Page 70
Further Reading......Page 71
Introduction......Page 72
Vulcan Street Power Plant......Page 75
Further Reading......Page 76
Folsom Powerhouse No. 1......Page 77
Idols Station, Fries Manufacturing & Power Company......Page 78
Michigan Lake Superior Power Company Hydroelectric Plant......Page 80
Further Reading......Page 82
Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Project......Page 83
Rocky River Pumped-storage Hydroelectric Plant......Page 84
Further Reading......Page 86
Kaplan Turbine......Page 87
Further Reading......Page 88
Hiwassee Dam Unit 2 Reversible Pump-Turbine......Page 89
Further Reading......Page 90
Introduction......Page 91
Edison "Jumbo" Engine-driven Dynamo......Page 93
Marine-type, Triple-expansion, Engine-driven Dynamo......Page 95
Pratt Institute Power Plant......Page 97
5,000-kilowatt Curtis Steam Turbine-Generator......Page 99
Georgetown Steam Plant......Page 101
East Wells (Oneida) Street Power Plant......Page 103
Edgar Station, Edison Electric Illuminating Company......Page 105
State Line Generating Unit No. I......Page 107
Port Washington Power Plant......Page 108
Further Reading......Page 109
Introduction......Page 110
Neuchâtel Gas Turbine......Page 112
Belle Isle Gas Turbine......Page 113
Further Reading......Page 115
Introduction......Page 116
Shippingport Atomic Power Station......Page 118
FURTHER READING......Page 120
Introduction......Page 121
The Geysers Unit I, Pacific Gas & Electric Company......Page 123
Further Reading......Page 125
Introduction......Page 126
Kingsbury Thrust Bearing......Page 128
Further Reading......Page 129
Introduction......Page 130
Saugus Ironworks......Page 134
Cornwall Iron Furnace......Page 136
Ringwood Manor Iron Complex......Page 138
Drake Oil Well......Page 140
How Oil Wells Were Drilled......Page 141
Further Reading......Page 143
Pioneer Oil Refinery (California Star Oil Works Company)......Page 144
Reed Gold Mine Ten-stamp Mill......Page 145
Fairbanks Exploration Company Gold Dredge No. 8......Page 147
Hanford B Reactor......Page 149
First Basic-Oxygen Steelmaking Vessel......Page 151
"Big Brutus" Mine Shovel......Page 153
Further Reading......Page 154
Introduction......Page 155
Portsmouth-Kittery Naval Shipbuilding Activity......Page 159
Further Reading......Page 160
Springfield Armory......Page 161
Jackson Ferry Shot Tower......Page 163
Wilkinson Mill......Page 165
Location/Access......Page 167
American Precision Museum/Robbins & Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop......Page 168
Westmoreland Malleable Iron Works......Page 170
Watkins Woolen Mill......Page 172
Further Reading......Page 173
Creusot Steam Hammer......Page 174
Further Reading......Page 175
Joshua Hendy Iron Works......Page 176
Owens AR Bottle Machine......Page 177
Further Reading......Page 179
A. O. Smith Automatic Frame Plant......Page 180
Further Reading......Page 181
Corning Ribbon Machine......Page 182
Further Reading......Page 183
Fusion-welded Test Boiler Drum......Page 184
Location/Access......Page 185
Alcoa 50,000-ton Hydraulic Forging Press......Page 186
Further Reading......Page 187
Wyman-Gordon 50,000-ton Hydraulic Forging Press......Page 188
First Hot Isostatic Processing Vessels......Page 189
Further Reading......Page 191
Introduction......Page 192
Graue Mill......Page 194
Anderson-Barngrover Continuous Rotary Pressure Sterilizer......Page 195
FMC Citrus Juice Extractor......Page 197
Whole-Citrus Fruit Juice Extraction: How It Works......Page 199
Introduction......Page 200
Samson Mine Reversible Waterwheel and Man-Engine......Page 202
Further Reading......Page 203
Buckeye Steam Traction Ditcher......Page 204
Location/Access......Page 205
"Pit-cast" Jib Crane......Page 206
The Manufacture of Pit-cast Pipe......Page 207
Quincy Mining Company No. 2 Mine Hoist......Page 208
PACECO Container Crane......Page 210
Further Reading......Page 212
Introduction......Page 213
Further Reading......Page 216
Stirling Water-tube Boilers......Page 217
Detroit Edison District Heating System, Beacon Street Plant......Page 218
Further Reading......Page 220
Holland Tunnel Ventilation System......Page 221
Further Reading......Page 222
Magma Copper Mine Air-Conditioning System......Page 223
Equitable Building Heat Pump......Page 224
Further Reading......Page 227
Introduction......Page 228
SS Great Britain......Page 231
Further Reading......Page 232
TV Emery Rice Engine......Page 233
Turbinia......Page 234
The Compound Steam Turbine......Page 236
Vertical Reciprocating Steam Engines, USS Olympia......Page 237
Evinrude Outboard Motor......Page 239
Reciprocating Steam Engines, USS Texas......Page 241
Specifications......Page 243
SS Jeremiah O'Brien......Page 244
U.S. Liberty Ship Engine Builders, Number Built:......Page 246
Further Reading......Page 247
NS Savannah......Page 248
Further Reading......Page 249
Introduction......Page 250
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Old Main Line......Page 253
St. Charles Avenue Streetcar Line......Page 255
Location/Access......Page 256
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Roundhouse and Shops......Page 257
Further Reading......Page 258
Mount Washington Cog Railway......Page 259
Monongahela and Duquesne Inclines......Page 261
Pittsburgh's Inclines......Page 263
Ferries & Cliff House Railway......Page 264
Ferries & Cliff House Railway: How It Works......Page 266
Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway......Page 267
Further Reading......Page 269
Geared Locomotives of the Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad: Shay Dixiana, Climax Bloom.........Page 270
The Geared Locomotives of Roaring Camp & Big Trees......Page 271
Further Reading......Page 272
Interborough Rapid Transit System (Original Line)......Page 273
Further Reading......Page 274
Alternating-current Electrification of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad......Page 275
Pullman Sleeping Car Glengyle......Page 277
Further Reading......Page 279
Texas & Pacific No. 610, Lima "Super-Power" Steam Locomotive......Page 280
Specifications......Page 281
Location/Access......Page 282
Pioneer Zephyr......Page 283
Further Reading......Page 285
Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 Electric Locomotive No. 4800......Page 286
Electro-Motive FT Freight-service Diesel-Electric Locomotive......Page 288
Norfolk & Western No. 611, Class J Steam Locomotive......Page 290
Specifications......Page 291
Southern Pacific No. 4294 "Cab-in-Front" Articulated Steam Locomotive......Page 292
Specifications......Page 293
Location/Access......Page 294
Disneyland Monorail System......Page 295
Further Reading......Page 296
Introduction......Page 297
Lombard Steam Log Hauler......Page 299
Further Reading......Page 300
Holt Caterpillar Tractor......Page 301
Further Reading......Page 302
Jacobs Engine Brake Retarder......Page 303
The Engine with the Jake Brake......Page 304
Crawler Transporters of Launch Complex 39......Page 306
Further Reading......Page 308
Introduction......Page 309
Sikorsky VS-300 Helicopter......Page 311
Specifications......Page 312
Atlas Launch Vehicle......Page 313
Further Reading......Page 315
RL-10 Rocket Engine......Page 316
Further Reading......Page 317
Saturn V Rocket......Page 318
Further Reading......Page 320
Introduction......Page 321
Alden Research Laboratory Rotating Boom......Page 324
100-inch Hooker Telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory......Page 325
Further Reading......Page 327
Cooperative Fuel Research Engine......Page 328
Aerodynamics Range, Aberdeen Proving Ground......Page 330
Icing Research Tunnel, NASA Lewis Research Center......Page 332
Further Reading......Page 334
Rotating-arm Model-test Facility......Page 335
Further Reading......Page 336
McKinley Climatic Laboratory......Page 337
Experimental Breeder Reactor I......Page 339
Association of American Railroads' Railroad-wheel Dynamometer......Page 341
Further Reading......Page 343
Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor......Page 344
Further Reading......Page 345
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center......Page 346
Further Reading......Page 348
Introduction......Page 349
Edison Phonograph......Page 351
Further Reading......Page 352
Paige Compositor......Page 353
Pitney-Bowes Model "M" Postage Meter......Page 354
Xerography......Page 356
The Xerographic Process......Page 358
Further Reading......Page 359
IBM 350 RAMAC Disk File......Page 360
Location/Access......Page 361
Introduction......Page 362
Blood Heat Exchanger......Page 364
Further Reading......Page 365
FURTHER READING......Page 366
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C......Page 368
D......Page 369
G......Page 370
H......Page 371
L......Page 372
M......Page 373
P......Page 374
R......Page 375
S......Page 376
U......Page 377
Z......Page 378