Steam pumping engine in East Boston
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- Опубліковано 2 лис 2014
- One of the last working steam engines in Boston. It had been in use for nearly a century and was replaced by a diesel a month after I took this video. This is not a resurrected machine, but one doing its daily job -- even if it was a humble one, pumping sewage to the Deer Island treatment plant. Lovers of steam engines would be interested to know that it is a radial triple-expansion engine with a vertical crankshaft. The man explaining the engine was William Brogan, and the oiler was King Anthony.
The operator was my Grand Father. Very smart man. Last person who knew how to run that Machine.
Really this engine should have been saved under a heritage protection listing, it’s such a great loss to lose such a magnificent piece of machinery especially when it was still capable of doing its job.
Thank you for documenting and sharing this history. It's a shame the powers that be were so myopic and short sighted.
don't now when this was shot but it was not replaced by a diesel but by 7 Siemens pumps with 7 ge electric drives in a new pumping station named I n Caruso Wich is right next door I worked in both buildings and it breaks my heart to see the building in such a state abandoned and condemned this building survived the great Chelsea fire of 1908 Wich burned it's roof off thank good the fire of 1973 never touched it but political malfeasance did what fire could not so the first sewage pumping station in this country went to the scrap heap instead of being preserved breaks my heart thanks again m Buell for uploading this
Wow, very interesting, I've never seen a radial steam engine before. It's too bad this couldn't be preserved, as in sure it was rather unique. Thank you for sharing.
This rig reminds me of a cross between a Cooper/Bessemer and one of the old oil well pumping setups with the remote rods run to wells all over the place. I like diesels but none can hold a candle to this rig!
Like in London,some of the huge old beam pumps for the London Sewage system were laid up and replaced with electric or diesel engines wich were smelly,hellishly noisy and didnt do the work those old steam engines did for 150 years non stop.progress.well i ask you.this lovely RDial Engine would have gone for another 150 years i am sure.Beautiful work of Art.such a shame.our London Engines are preserved,but for how long?we have lost wonderful things,along with the engineers that operated them.
What a real shame that this unusual engine has been broken up could have should have been presvered but as always short sighted cooperate bean counters seem to win thankyou for putting your film up regards 🤝👍
I was 1 of the last oilers on the Corliss engine the Smithsonian wanted it but the Mwra would not pay to break it down and ship it to them so we kept the manufacturer plates the gauges and the clock the rest went to scrap wich broke my heart I miss the chug of the old girl
hey Georgie :-)
when was it scrapped?
Besides that steam engine, there is quit some other vintage steam & gas engines in that building; it could very well become a interesting engineering museum. But it is unlikely that will come to pass...
At what point does engineering quit being engineering and crosses into the realm of art? This engine is surreal and looks like something out of Dr Seuss or Willy Wonka lol. Absolutely beautiful.
Edit: sad to know this no longer exists, it's a testament to the brilliance of engineers predating modern day!
meant Buell Hollister who I will Thank again for uploading this the employee at my work get a kick out of seeing what used to pump sewage to deer island treatment plant
thanks buell Hollister for uploading this I hope there are more videos of here out there
Thats an awesome engine! Did anybody ever tighten the rod gland on that high pressure cylinder? Lol
I've seen pictures of other radial Corliss Pumping engines, I'm sure there all gone now. The builders Plate says " Ames" They were the same company that built the compound marine steam engine that's in the steam boat "Sabino" at Mystic Seaport.
Good for you on that observation. I've seen that Sabino engine operating, but never made the connection
I'm just an old steam nut. BTW thanks for posting the video, otherwise I would never have had the enjoyment of seeing this plant working.
It must have been interesting to see the video. Could you possibly tell me more about what that engineer was sailing?. I couldn't decipher it all.
Was the engine saved or was it destroyed?
I believe, sadly, it was broken up, but I will make sure and get back to you.
I'm sad to say it was all that was saved was the engine serial number plates and the gauges dam the mwra for not saving her
IS THAT A COLLIS VALVE?!
Yes that is Corliss valve gear.
Where is the old engine now?
Unfortunately it's gone for good. See the comment from about a year ago by George Goros.
The coming fate of this engine would explain why it appears that the high pressure piston was leaking badly. No maintenance on a machine to be scrapped.
So it's a shit shifter