Fire in the ashpan... - a photo on Flickriver

            of the 1916 steam shovel...must get hot in that shovel operating it. This is a 1916 Type B Erie Shovel made by Ball Engine Company of Erie, Pa. See the rest of these pix in my photostream. Found in Harrisonburg Va. Drerlict and used as a sign for a stone quarry. Weight is 41000 lbs, dipper hold 3/4 of a cubic yard, boom is 17 1/2 ft and height is 18 ft, cab is 8'2" wide and 12' 10" long, the boiler is 45 inches in diameter and 88 inches high with a heating surface of 364 squar inches and holding 275 gal of water. Ordinary working pressure is 125 lbs designes for 143 and tested to 213. Used double reversing boilers for hoisting, digging, swinging. It can be self propelled on steel wheels.

Taken in: United States / North Carolina / Complex (show map)

Taken on: July 12, 2012

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Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S4200, f/5.2, 1/170 sec, 45.9mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Fujifilm FinePix S4200
Aperture:	f/5.2
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/170)
Focal Length:	45.9mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Digital Camera FinePix S4200 Ver1.00
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