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High-pressure Stanley gauges
Posted by: Kelly (IP Logged)
Date: November 20, 2015 02:51AM
In doing some racing research, I came across this clipping about the Giant's Despair hillclimb of 1907 -
"Then the Stanley steamer was announced and electrified the spectators along the route as it sped up over the hill like a bird. This little steamer is an extremely light machine and has an enormous boiler capacity. It is told that when the start was made the indicator showed a steam pressure of 1,200 pounds to the square inch. It was rated as a 20-h.p. machine and was driven by D. Walter Harper."
How wouldd they have know it was 1200 PSI? I've never seen a Stanley gauge indicated for more than 1000.
Kelly
"Then the Stanley steamer was announced and electrified the spectators along the route as it sped up over the hill like a bird. This little steamer is an extremely light machine and has an enormous boiler capacity. It is told that when the start was made the indicator showed a steam pressure of 1,200 pounds to the square inch. It was rated as a 20-h.p. machine and was driven by D. Walter Harper."
How wouldd they have know it was 1200 PSI? I've never seen a Stanley gauge indicated for more than 1000.
Kelly
Re: High-pressure Stanley gauges
Posted by: ablazick (IP Logged)
Date: December 07, 2015 06:06PM
Kelly, I have a 1500# Stanley gauge.
Re: High-pressure Stanley gauges
Posted by: BillB (IP Logged)
Date: December 07, 2015 10:54PM
I have 1905 1000 lb large face Gauge, original.
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