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Heritage Engines

Industrial Giants Emerge From the Dresser-Rand Archives

By Mac and Betty Sine

Last year, GEM readers Mac and Betty Sine came across a treasure trove of old photographs and manuals of Ingersoll-Rand industrial engines produced in the teens and 1920s. The materials are in the archives of the Dresser-Rand Company, Woodcliff Lake, N.J.

Working with officials at Dresser-Rand, the successor company to Ingersoll-Rand, Mac and Betty have secured permission to have some of these images reprinted in the pages of Gas Engine Magazine.

Photo#1: Ricardo combustion chamber Model XG integral gas engine/compressor.

The quality of the images Mac and Betty have found varies, but some of them are nothing short of amazing, showing fine detail and, in some cases, giving a good sense of scale. Dresser-Rand calls these "heritage" engines.

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