| Posted by TurboZutek |
11/19/2005 12:52 PM | remove |
Ha!
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| Posted by nel58 |
12/2/2005 7:12 PM | remove |
Hurray for Tbztk! He was right !
I am sad to say your tripod does absolutely not fit in that picture !
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| Posted by Corvid |
12/2/2005 10:00 PM | remove |
No, sorry everyone! I was just taking a quick snap after doing the pano!
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| Posted by inventor |
2/2/2006 2:27 AM | remove |
Looks like I'll have to eat my words. It was a reservoir for hydraulic fluid. It might be water, however. Tower Bridge was originally operated hydraulically using water as the working fluid.
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| Posted by inventor |
2/2/2006 2:46 AM | remove |
I'm now pretty sure it would have been water. Great tour!
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
2/2/2006 11:16 PM | remove |
Green = Hydraulic Oil.
Blue ? Water.
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| Posted by inventor |
2/3/2006 10:59 AM | remove |
Check out this link about the history of Tower Bridge:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_bridge
I'm still of the opinion that this system used water as the working fluid due to the huge quantity required. I think the green-blue paint was just a common colour used at the time. If you look at my gallery of the engine room at Ellesmere Creamery you'll see refrigerant reservoirs which are painted the same colour.
But should anyone climb into the tank and find that it's full of oil, I'd be very interested to know!
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
2/4/2006 11:20 PM | remove |
There are a few problems with the water theory - none of these pipes have enough supports / boltwork to handle water (which is full of air) at any great pressure without shaking apart.
I don't see any expansion joints either.
Water shakes pipes, hydraulic oil does not.
Oil can act as a (relatively) rigid linkage - water can't - it's too wet.
Furthermore, water also has a nasty habit of... You guessed it - freezing. I don't see any expansion caps on the tops of the pumps cylinders, nor any evidence of lagging / insulation on the huge accumulator (Which also appears to be made from iron).
No lagging on the pipes either....
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| Posted by inventor |
2/5/2006 1:55 PM | remove |
I'm sticking with my water theory.
Air dissolved in the water shouldn't be a problem. As you increase the pressure of the water, the solubility will increase, so the air shouldn't come out of solution. And while the water is at a high pressure it shouldn't have the opportunity to dissolve much air. I've also seen hydraulic pipes carrying oil shake like mad - I think it may be due to turbulent flow in a pipe which is too small for the flow rate, but I'm not certain.
I take your point about water freezing. I'm not sure how they would get around it, but I think they did. I found a site about a pump house at Liverpool docks which used pressurised water:
http://www.sjsfiles.btinternet.co.uk/img09401.htm
Chris
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
2/6/2006 11:29 PM | remove |
I guess the only way we will find out is if someone visits and has a look at the tank, hey?
Sacrificial anode ? Water!
Full of oil ? It's oil!!
I'm not going to loose too much sleep meantime though! :-D
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| Posted by nel58 |
2/7/2006 1:58 AM | remove |
Good ! It needs a certain closure.. BlueShiva,Corvid,when are you going back with that new mission ?
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| Posted by inventor |
2/7/2006 8:45 PM | remove |
Well Turbo, if it turns out to be oil I'll buy you a beer :-).
Chris
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
2/7/2006 9:25 PM | remove |
And if it turns out to be water?
I'll let you buy me a beer!
:->
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| Posted by inventor |
2/7/2006 11:27 PM | remove |
Damn me, I was sure I'd got that the right way round! If we ever meet at some UE event I owe you a beer :-).
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| Posted by inventor |
2/7/2006 11:29 PM | remove |
It was right. I am too tired. Beers all round...
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| Posted by BlueShiva |
6/7/2006 12:50 AM | remove |
Hey turbo/innventor, do you guys know each other?? You are so entertaining !!
It's worth doing locations just to see you guy's sparrinig over the details. wot do you reckon nel?
I dub you the Laurel and Hardy of UER!!!
OK if we are in the area again Corvid'n'me will find out; OIL or Water. personally I go for Oil.
Deninately not beer!!
Come to think of it you guys are a bit like oil and water, tho I'm not sure which is which!!
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
6/7/2006 7:51 PM | remove |
Hey, I don't care if it's baking soda in those tanks: I get a beer any which way you slice it! :->
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| Posted by inventor |
6/9/2006 10:23 PM | remove |
Well, if we always agreed it would be boring, right? Real men disagree, then go for a beer. Indeed, we should meet up sometime...
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
6/13/2006 10:37 PM | remove |
I agree!
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| Posted by inventor |
6/15/2006 2:28 AM | remove |
When I get a truck we'll arrange a UE meet :-D.
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| Posted by nel58 |
7/3/2006 3:11 AM | remove |
I'd like to join ! I already know turbo,so I know it would be a great ue meet with all of you..! For me it will be a stout please !
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