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THE SLEEPING GIANT AWAKENS

By A. L. McGowen

Route 4, Box 379, Easley, South Carolina 29640.

This summer has been quite an experience on the subject of moving and restoring large diesel engines. In an earlier Gas Engine Magazine article, "A Sleeping Giant", I discussed my discovery of a large Fairbanks Morse twin cylinder, (2) cycle, 300 R. P. M, 80 H. P., full diesel weighing 14 tons. The engine S/N is 632698 and was built October 29, 1925, in Beloit, Wisconsin. In this article I will relate my subsequent undertakings.

The first major project was to dig two (2) holes, 4 feet deep in this hard South Carolina red clay and build two (2) forms 18 inches high, and strong enough to support 8 yards of concrete. Naturally it rained several times before the concrete was poured and the holes had to be pumped out. Great care was required in making sure that the hold down studs were in the right locatio...

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