Anchors

As beautiful as the last shot . . . .

Love this one! There's so much depth to the colour.

This is my favorite machinery shot you took. The composition on this one is just right.

This is my favorite one of the bunch. Awesome!!! If I didn't already know what this place was, I would be thoroughly mystified.

Machinery doesn't usually blow my skirt up but the way you shoot and present these pics is simply awesome. Props to you Motts. You have an amazing talent!

I love green so this shot really draws my eyes to it.

I love the colors....and for machinery its so clean....It s cool

Just keeps getting better and better

What I believe these are .....connecting rods to the steam "pistons". Steam pressure pushes the pistons thus pushing the connecting rods....those in turn push the beam....at each ed of the beam are the "pump rods". Those would reach deep into the earth to pump the water out. Hence the name "beam engine" The pivot points shown here are really very similar to an automobile engine......the "wrist pins" of the piston. Car engines however, use the piston and connecting rod to turn the crank shaft as a means to turn the drive wheels. Here....the wrist pins are connecting the rods to the pump beam. The central pivot....much larger than the rod pivots, allows the beam to be pushed by the rods opposing each other....like a rocker switch. The beam then pulls and pushes the pump shafts or rods. Very simple yet ingenius system. Very similar also to an old steam ocean liner. Remember the movie "Titanic". The connecting rods turning the large crank shaft in the engine room scenes...that crank shaft actually turned the propellers or "screws" that powered the ship. That machinery was roughly the same size as this water pump mechanism.

Ditto........