Big Wheel - Brisbane - QLD - Australia
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CADS11
S 27° 28.097 E 153° 00.354
56J E 500582 N 6961695
Big Wheel in front of XXXX brewery
Waymark Code: WM121BR
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 01/31/2020
Views: 4
This wheel measuring 4.6 metres in diameter was the flywheel of a 90 ton / 316 kilowatt Linde Lightfoot double-acting piston type refrigeration compressor. It was installed in 1919 at a coast of $12000. It was driven by d.c. power from the Brisbane tramway system until 1926 when it was converted to a.c. power. With the installation of a modern 500 ton / 1760 kilowatt centrifugal compressors in 1972 this machine was decommissioned after 53 years of continuous service.
Preserved as a sntiment of a past era.
Price of Admission: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
Weekday Hours: From: 12:00 AM To: 12:00 AM
Weekend Hours: From: 12:00 AM To: 12:00 AM
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