High Definition Snow Gas Compressor Engine

This is the 400 HP Snow as seen running at the Florida Flywheelers Swap Meet on Friday, January 16, 2009.

It was built by the F.S.Snow Engine Company of Buffalo, NY in 1914. It is a double acting in-line 2 cylinder 4 stroke engine with a 20 inch bore and 36 inch stroke. That is over 45,000 cubic inches displacement and it runs at 120 r.p.m. The flywheel is 12 feet in diameter, weighing 12 tons. Cooling water is circulated through the connecting rod to the pistons and the valves are also water cooled. This engine was used to pump natural gas from wells to suppliers.

Camera: Nikon D90 and the Windows Movie Maker editor. For discussion, visit http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56195

After installing new custom profiles into my Windows Movie Maker, this is a high definition version of the "Snow End-to-end" video previously uploaded. If you have high speed internet, click the "Watch in HD" that appears at the lower right corner of the video for high definition play.

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Science & Technology

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• definition
• antique
• gas
• compressor
• pumping
• engine
• coolspring
• rollag

[Fredthornton]

A million places to take fingers or anything else off

[oldengine1]

@Fredthornton I guess they need one of those "do not eat or poke up ass" warning signs that lawyers write these days. :-(

[41Zman]

how many pistons does this beast have

[oldengine1]

There are only two pistons that ride on a single connecting rod. Each piston is fired upon by a combustion chamber (4) on each end of the piston.

[oldengine1]

High definition processing time on YouTube takes a bit longer. Look for the "Watch in High Def" link to appear at the lower right corner of the video screen.

[2strokedetroit]

was this at the Florida Flywheelers

[01Carmaster]

what is a snow gas engine

[Bidone1967]

Herrliche Maschine!

War sicher ein klasse Treffen.

Gruß Bidone

[musclecarpower]

This just goes to show how well built these machines were back when people took pride in their work.

[cantreadenough]

When I did the math( 2*.7854*20*20*36) I came up with 22619.52 CID,My math may be off. Either way that a huge amount of CID

[nitwitbit]

I just seen this last week at the Jan 13-16 2010 Florida Flywheelers. And the model of this that was carved out of wood. Plus many other neat wooden carvings of various toys and stuff. Plus that magnificent clock that is powered by sand and the marbles that come down to mark each hour, day, etc. Anybody have this on YouTube?

[AngusNB]

The text in the video says 300 HP. The writeup you have here says 400 HP. Which is it?

[douro20]

Six-stroke cycle engine with two pistons on either end, ignitor-fired with a relay box to coordinate the ignitino cycle.