Big Wheel - Brisbane - QLD - Australia
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S 27° 28.097 E 153° 00.356
56J E 500585 N 6961695
Big Wheel in front of XXXX brewery
Waymark Code: WM121BN
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 01/31/2020
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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.
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