Otto Gas Engine - 175HP

The OTTO GAS ENGINE WORKS of Philadelphia, PA 175 horsepower at 190 r.p.m. 21 inch bore and 30 inch stroke made in 1912. Originally installed in the Brookville, PA water works in 1925, pumping 1.5 million gallons of water each day for the town.

Check out the concrete foundation!
http://coolspringpowermuseum.org/175_hp_otto.htm

See the Coolspring web site at:

http://www.coolspringpowermuseum.org

The Coolspring Power Museum can use your help. Please consider becoming a member of this non-profit organization and support their need for concrete, fuel, etc. to install, maintain and run these fine engines for you.

http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54695

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• power
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[oldengine1]

Right.

[minorot]

That's an impressive piece of machinery. How old is it, and what was it used to power?

[oldengine1]

The OTTO GAS ENGINE WORKS of Philadelphia, PA 175 horsepower at 190 r.p.m. 21 inch bore and 30 inch stroke made in 1912. Originally installed in the Brookville, PA water works in 1925, pumping 1.5 million gallons of water each day for the town.

[ollenhauer1]

wunderfull !;WUNDERFULL!;

[FuglyFucker]

enough torque to make the world go round

[NightTurkey82]

The awesome thing is my girlfriend is related to Nikolaus Otto.

[demonofrazgriz333]

i'm shocked at how fast it runs for it's size.

[XELA2T]

Congrats to you to keep this beauty beast alive, what a breath, what a beat.

I also like the guy obviously knowing what needs to be done, and there is amazingly quite a lot to be done to get her running.

[Weasil666]

My god. It started moving, it kept moving, and at around 40 seconds when it started to breathe I thought, "My god, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE!" 10,386 cubic inches of POWAH!

God, I love engines!

[41Zman]

This was air started right?