Kewanee Boiler	Corliss_Valves	Engine & Compressor
Compressor  Side	Engine Crank	Crank- Compressor Side

Manufacturer:            The Vilter Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Year Built:                 1920
Built for:                    United States Glue Company, Carrollville, Wisconsin
Purpose:                    Refrigeration Plant

Engine:
    Engine Type:         Tandem Compound
    Horsepower:          250
    Valve Type:           Corliss Valves on High and Low Pressure Cylinders
    Cylinder Size:
        High Pressure:    12" Bore  X  36" Stroke
        Low Pressure:    22" Bore  X  36" Stroke

Refrigeration Compressor:
    Drive:                        Direct, Common Crankshaft with Engine
    Compressor Capacity: 89 Tons, (1,068,000 Btu's),  (313 Kw)
    Compressor Size:       14" Bore  X  28" Stroke
    Refrigerant type:        Ammonia, (R-717),  (NH3)
 

Weight:
    Cylinders:                7 1/2 Tons
    Flywheel:                 8 Tons
    Crankshaft:              2 Tons
    Compressor:            14 1/2 Tons
    Engine Frame:          8 Tons
        Total Weight:               40 Tons

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The Engine was last run in the early 1970's

Thanks to Jim Walgreen for this generous donation

Manufacturer:    Kewanee Boiler Company,  Kewanee, Illinois.
Year Built:         1952
Built for:            Casad Army Engineer's Depot at New Haven, Indiana
Type:                Fire Tube, HRT (Horizontal Return Tube), Locomotive type firebox boiler.
Firing method:    Coal,  by hand
Length overall:   17' 7 1/2"

Barrel
    Diameter:                 78"
    Longitudinal Seam:   Quadruple riveted butt joint with a design efficiency of  94.1%.
    Plate thickness:        .625  When built. Thinnest spot found by ultrasonic inspection in 1999 was .610.

Tubes
    Direct fire tubes: 101,  6' 11 3/8" Long
    Return tubes:      88  15' 91/2" Long
    Tube Diameter:    3"

Total heating surface:         1786 square feet.

Theoretical Burst Pressure:  635 P.S.I. With a safety factor of 5 this boiler when new had a
                                                          maximum allowable working pressure of 125 P.S.I.
Current Working Pressure:  The State of Illinois allows us 120 P.S.I.

Total Weight:     Approximately 31,000 pounds.