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Gas Engine Row 1924 80 HP Western Machinery Company

Gas Engine Animations  1905 15HP Reid   1910 15HP FM Hoist   1912 30HP Union-Ideal
1914 Chicago Pneumatic   1920s 20HP Bolinder   1922 150HP FM YV   1923 15HP FM Z
1924 80HP Western   1925 20HP Novo   1925 120HP Western-Enterprise   1925 140HP Venn-Severin   1930s 120HP Clark-Brothers   1937 220HP Enterprise   1950s LeRoi Compressor

Manufactured by the Western Machinery Company Los Angeles, California; test run at the factory August 12, 1924. 1 Cylinder with a 14-¼ inch -- 361.9mm bore, 24 inch -- 609.6mm stroke, 3827 cubic inch -- 62.71 liters displacement; 80 HP -- 59.66kW at 200 RPM. Flywheel 84 inches -- 2.134 meters diameter, air start. It was used to power an ammonia refrigeration compressor, at the Mountain View Dairy in Long Beach California. Western made these single-cylinder, natural-gas fueled engines, in sizes between 6 and 100 horsepower.

80 Horsepower Western Machinery Company engine (western machinery merged with the enterprise co. to form western-enterprise) 80 horsepower, Test run at the factory August 12, 1924.


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