Apr 19, 2012 · George Corliss, inventor of the Corliss Steam Engine, started as a merchant and entrepreneur before he was an inventor and engineer. The right balance of skills helped him …

The Corliss valve gear made the engine extremely efficient in steam consumption and was the most efficient system for controlling low to medium speed engines. This particular engine …

May 22, 2019 · The Corliss’ debut weekend officially kicks off on Friday, May 31, with a special tour and presentation at 11 a.m. with the museum’s historian, Mike Piersa. Piersa will detail …

Driven by a Corliss steam engine, these large city water pumps were installed in Jacksonville's water supply improvement program in 1915, and each pumped 5 million gallons of water a day …

By the 1870s Corliss' Providence Engine Works was among the world's largest and drew to the state a number of other important builders, and Rhode Island became the steam-engine …

The Corliss engine had a steam consumption of 26 lbs, or 35 per-cent better than the old slide valve units. Corliss’ exclucive right to manu-facture engines embodying his pat-ents expired in …

George H. Corliss, an important contributor to steam engine technology, founded his company in Providence in 1846. Engines that used his patent valve gear were built in large numbers by …

#1 Ferries & Cliffhouse Cable Railway Power House (1887) #2 Leavitt-Riedler Pumping Engine** (1894) #3 A.B. Wood Screw Pump (1914) #4 Portsmouth-Kittery Naval Shipbuilding Activity …

Two cross-compound Corliss engines with cylinder bores of 32 and 60 inches and 66-inch stroke drove the drum directly. With steam at 160 pounds per square inch, 2,500 horsepower was …

Sep 17, 1998 · These engines, built by Cooper & Co., of Mount Vernon are among the oldest surviving agricultural steam engines to show the evolution from the portable, skid-mounted …