Compressor

Name/Title

Compressor

Entry/Object ID

1997.1.567

Tags

Engine

Description

gray metal with brass fittings; main cylinder has a release valve at the top and sits above the main shaft; the manufacturing plate has been removed; an oil glass comes out of the front; an open threaded pipe to one side; guide for a lever handle at the rear and to the other side; there is a large oval opening flanked by two screws near the top of the cylinder; the large fly wheel at the front also has a belt on a wheel further in; drive shaft has a jointed pipe coming out of a collar; the shaft ends in a wheel

Location

exhibit

SB-A-3

Building

SB-A, Door County Maritime Museum