Blyth Ontario Engine Show

[crueby]

Saturday I went up to Canada, met up with CNR from this forum, and we went to the show in Blyth Ontario. Great show, quite a variety of engines. Lots of traction engines, farm equipment, a dragline shovel, sawmill, etc. We were hoping the Erie B shovel from the Teeswater guys would be there, but for some reason they didn't make it. Below is a sampling of pictures from the show, starting out with a compilation of video clips:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLzcVMv5X0U" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLzcVMv5X0U</a>









This sign goes with the little pump running in the second clip of the video - a nifty little 'engine' that uses some of the water from the source to push water up higher that the source is using a water hammer effect. If you look on wikipedia there is a good description/diagram of how it works. Not super efficient, but it takes no fuel other than some of the water.

Some smaller traction engines were there in addition to the full size ones

The dragline - its in the video running









This was a great find for me, since I am in the middle of building a model of a similar Worthington pump!

This one is one of the smallest in the line, 3x2.75x3 (steam bore, pump bore, and stroke). Found the same model pump in one of the old catalogs I have with full specs.

[cnr6400]

  For some reason these pics and the events in the video look very familiar...almost as if I'd been there...er...

It was a great show. Thanks for sharing the pics and video. 

[tghs]

any date for the Worthington pump? some features match the sailor proofed navy pump..

[crueby]

any date for the Worthington pump? some features match the sailor proofed navy pump..

The patent plate on the side had a latest date of 1902 in its list of patent dates, and I saw the identical pump in the 1920 catalog. The same style pump from the 1905 catalog does not show that particular size, so that would put this pump into the 1905 to 1920 range somewhere. During that time they bought up a couple other companies, giving them more style pumps, plus they did evolve their own slightly over time.
The pumps they made for marine use were usually slightly different, to make them more compact/lighter and with more easily accessible pump parts for repairs at sea. One thing I have not seen in the catalogs I have is the internal lever arrangement that you are making. Do you have a date range on that one?

[crueby]

any date for the Worthington pump? some features match the sailor proofed navy pump..

Also, just sent you an email...

[tghs]

sent an email to the full scale steam guys that provided me with the photos..

[Kim]

Looks like a great show!  Thanks for sharing the pics and video with us! 

Kim