Engine #11.
Bethlehem Steel Gas Blowing Engine #11.
Engine Repaint.
Photo by Dr. Raymond Boothe

Flywheel is 24 feet in diameter and weighs 100 tons, engine is ~80 feet long.

Gas Cylinder:
Bore 42" X 60" Stroke.

Blowing Cylinder:
Bore 72" X 60" Stroke.

Produced 13,000 CFM of air blast to supply the blast furnaces.
Ran at between 50 - 70 rpm.

Gas Blowing engines.
Engine Bay.
Photo by Dr. Raymond Boothe



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