Steam Engine
The first thing you see when you enter the High Level Pumping Station, which I showed you yesterday, is this wonderful old steam engine. It is a vertical triple-expansion steam engine built by John Inglis of Toronto in 1909 and there were stairs beside it which led you down to the pipe gallery below where the water was pumped. This engine and all of the other historic engines in the building were in immaculate shape and there were a lot of very proud City of Toronto people around, such as these 2 men, explaining things to all the visitors. I've always wondered what was inside the building and wasn't disappointed. More pics to come for a few days.
23 comments:
So wonderful!
Very much my cup of tea. I wish we had more time in Toronto.
I like seeing, photographing and learning about this sort of thing. Wonderful, RedPat!
I love to watch old engines !
It's 'steamy' enough here with our stretch of hazy, hot and humid 90s. Is there AC in there?
Old machinery was so much more impressive than the sleek, time saving equipment these days.. darn efficiency :)
That is a very impressive looking machine!
It looks in great condition, and it's always useful to have someone on hand to explain how things operate!
Very impressive for it's time.
I remember seeing something very similar in an old pumping station in Gainesville, Florida. Very interesting!
impressive steam
It's impressive machinery. Seeing things like this is what makes Doors Open so worthwhile.
thrills me, really, P
ALOHA
ComfortSpiral
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How fascinating!
Impressive!
To me, it seems to have a futuristic look.
Wonderful shot and info on this old pumping station.
pretty neat.
These works of engineering are pretty amazing!
I am sure I am going to like this place...
You know I love old machinery, and this is as good as it gets. Too bad the steam engine wasn't running. Fine series of photos. Toronto should be proud of it's heritage.
In a shopping center, we saw working :))
Wow that's fantastic, there are two near us unfortunately they are not open to the public, I believe anyway that all the original workings have been replaced...
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