Mesta Corliss Engine

1905/1925

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Mesta Corliss Engine
  • Title
  • Mesta Corliss Engine
  • Identifier
  • MSP210.B038.I02
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP210.B038.I02
  • Description
  • The Mesta Machine Company produced various types of engines for its customers. These engines included gas and steam powered engines for use with blast furnaces, una-flow or direct-flow engines for driving roll mills, and reversing and Corliss engines. These engines were designed to withstand steam pressures up to 180 pounds and superheat up to 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Mesta designed the Corliss Engine for use in rolling mills, power engines, blowing engines, air and gas compressors, pumping engines, and vacuum pumps.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Mesta Machine Company (West Homestead, Pa.)
    Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--West Homestead.
    Corliss steam-engine.
    Rolling-mill machinery--Transmission devices.
  • Source
  • Mesta Machine Company Photographs, 1906-1925, MSP 210, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Mesta Machine Company Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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