200 Horsepower Western Gas Engine
Length: 1:10
Description: As shown at the Brooks, Oregon Engine Show, this 200 HP Western Machine Co. engine was manufactured in 1928 in Los Angeles, Calif. and was used to pump water near Riverside, Calif. There were two of these engines setting side by side each pumping 2000 Gal. per minute over a 400 foot high hill, 8 miles into 7,500 acres of citrus orchards in Riverside County. These engines ran from the time of installation until the late 50's when they were placed on stand by. They ran again in 1988 for two weeks straight while the company switched from combustion engines to electric pumps. All of this with only one repair to the cylinder sometime in the mid 40's! Wayne Thackery owns this particular engine and has the original sale receipt. It sold for $8,850.00 installed.
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Author: oldengine1
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