Venn-Severin engine

[Orrin]

I am cross posting this from the stationary engine mailing lists in case some Pacific-Northwest Stakkers would be interested.

Orrin

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We have had a couple of emails in from David Snipes, Chief Security Officer for Eastern State Hospital in Medical lake, Wa, 99022-0800:

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Eastern State Hospital has been here since 1891. One of our old well houses has a Venn-Severin four cylinder engine to power a generator. It appears to be a hot bulb oil engine or a two cycle diesel. It has 300hp at 324 rpm.
The engine number is 5660. I was trying to find more information on it.
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We replied with what information we had, and asked about the possibility of the engine being released for preservation. We also asked for permission to post the informatioon to the engine Lists for others to see. David replied:

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Thanks for the reply. The engine is not running and has not for an unknown number of years. It is stored indoors. Unfortunately thieves have broken into the building and stolen some copper from the engine, i.e. fuel or oil lines and the governor. They also damaged the generator in an attempt to take its copper. Our Support Services Director expressed some interest about getting it into a museum or to a collector that would be interested in restoring it. The State is not going to restore it and most likely will eventually be scrapped. Go ahead and make the post.
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We are not in a position to do anything here in the UK, but this might be the sort of thing that someone in the area might want to take up and maybe help out with getting some pictures posted etc etc.

David's email address is:
snipesdl@dshs.wa.gov

Tel: 509-299-4545 or 509-299-3121
Fax: 509-299-7015

We would like to know how any contacts go, and if any pictures are taken could they be made available for the Lists please?

Peter
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Peter A Forbes
Email: listerdiesel@gmail.com

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On 29/07/06, Listerdiesel <listerdiesel@gmail.com> wrote:
> We have had a couple of emails in from David Snipes, Chief Security
> Officer for Eastern State Hospital in Medical lake, Wa, 99022-0800:
>

David emailed some pictures overnight:

http://www.oldengine.org/members/die...4Cylengine.jpg
http://www.oldengine.org/members/die...brandplate.jpg
http://www.oldengine.org/members/die...lGenerator.jpg
http://www.oldengine.org/members/die...actoryinfo.jpg
http://www.oldengine.org/members/die...roughprint.jpg
http://www.oldengine.org/members/die...torcloseup.jpg
http://www.oldengine.org/members/die...Plugheater.jpg

Peter
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Peter A Forbes
Email: listerdiesel@gmail.com
Web: www.oldengine.org/members/diesel

[Rick Strobel]

Thanks Orrin and Peter;
I've also posted the pix's to my Webshots

http://community.webshots.com/myphot...ecurity=BodtUm

Will be headed over there in a couple days to take a look and get more pictures.

Regards
RickinMt.

[ronm]

Man, SOMEBODY save that thing...it'd be a crime to scrap it. Me, I'm not in a position to do anything-unless that Powerball ticket hits...