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Bob Tregilus
Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

In the lower left is a 1908 Western Gas Engine. Its single cylinder has a bore of 16cm (6.25") & stroke of 30cm (12"). It's rated for 12HP at 340rpm. It weighs 544kg (1200lbs). It's fun to hear these engines run. You can often find smaller versions at county fairs. You can easily see/hear the engine cycle through its four strokes of intake, compression, power (BANG!), & exhaust.

(Berlin, Nevada, 1/24/2025.)

#Abandoned #GhostTown #Mining #Desert #BlackAndWhite #Landscape #Photography #Darktable

A black and white landscape photo of an old abandoned mining facility in the desert. In the lower left foreground is a large machine that kind of looks like a cannon with a large sprocket wheel at the rear. So there are two smaller metal wheels and a short tube sticking out toward the right, with the large sprocket in the the back on the left. The engine sits on top of a hill with a rickety wooden flat walkway, that probably had mining cart tracks on it angling off toward the left. A wooden building can be seen mostly hidden by the wood walkway structure lower down the hill. Stretching out from the base of the hill is a flat landscape with a mountain range in the far distance.
A black and white landscape photo of an old abandoned mining facility in the desert. In the lower left foreground is a large machine that kind of looks like a cannon with a large sprocket wheel at the rear. So there are two smaller metal wheels and a short tube sticking out toward the right, with the large sprocket in the the back on the left. The engine sits on top of a hill with a rickety wooden flat walkway, that probably had mining cart tracks on it angling off toward the left. A wooden building can be seen mostly hidden by the wood walkway structure lower down the hill. Stretching out from the base of the hill is a flat landscape with a mountain range in the far distance.
A black and white landscape photo of an old abandoned mining facility in the desert. In the lower left foreground is a large machine that kind of looks like a cannon with a large sprocket wheel at the rear. So there are two smaller metal wheels and a short tube sticking out toward the right, with the large sprocket in the the back on the left. The engine sits on top of a hill with a rickety wooden flat walkway, that probably had mining cart tracks on it angling off toward the left. A wooden building can be seen mostly hidden by the wood walkway structure lower down the hill. Stretching out from the base of the hill is a flat landscape with a mountain range in the far distance.
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