Pennsylvania Bldg, 600 Snow Engine, Map Location 06.

#Snow Engine
600 horsepower in use from 1915 to 1970 was used in the oil fields of Northwest Pennsylvania to compress natural gas & push it down the pipe line to the city for consumption as fuel

* 140 tons total weight
* 67 feet long including compressor
* operating speed 80 to 90 rpm
* Main frame casting weighs 37 tons
* Flywheel weighs 24 tons & is 18 feet in diameter
* Crankshaft weighs 12 tons & is 16" in diameter
* Bore is 24" & Stroke is 48" 39,600 cubic inch displacement
* two cylinders with ignition at both ends of the stroke = EVERY STROKE IS A POWER STROKE
* Fuel was natural gas and now is Propane, it burns about 17 gallons of liquid propane an hour costing about $12.
* Cement base weighs over 475,000 lbs. or over 237 tons
* about 400 reinforcing rods each 20' long or over a mile of rods
* Cost of completed project $ 58,000. Not including the building