Luray Caverns Museum Engine

[joe_db]

Found in the Luray Caverns car museum:

[alcodiesel]

Hey Joe, I bet you were surprised! What a sweet little honey. I wonder is it runs and what year it is. One can see the family resemblance.

[joe_db]

Funny thing is there is no mention of it going in a boat

[lat 64]

I think it was in a car or tractor. the water tube is pointing up like it was aimed at a radiator top.
But it looks like it would have a unmarried transmission. I think timing gears are to the left?? The long snout being a shaft for hand crank.??

[joe_db]

Could be - they made a few car engines WAY back in the day.
Added a better photo.

I think it was in a car or tractor. the water tube is pointing up like it was aimed at a radiator top.
But it looks like it would have a unmarried transmission. I think timing gears are to the left?? The long snout being a shaft for hand crank.??

[Vermonstah]

Joe - thanks for posting. I love Luray Caverns. our boys loved it there, as if a set for a Sci-Fi movie or Star Trek episode. The antique car / bike exhibit is great, though we went a few years back before I had the boat so I must have overlooked this A4 predecessor.

Question for you: roll back the clock 100+ years, do you want to explore Luray Caverns with nothing but a kerosene lamp? My family voted against it.

[romantic comedy]

I consider myself well traveled in the US and lived in Annapolis also. But I never heard of Luray Caverns. Must see it on my next rip North.

[joe_db]

Sure I would. Just have more than one

Joe - thanks for posting. I love Luray Caverns. our boys loved it there, as if a set for a Sci-Fi movie or Star Trek episode. The antique car / bike exhibit is great, though we went a few years back before I had the boat so I must have overlooked this A4 predecessor.

Question for you: roll back the clock 100+ years, do you want to explore Luray Caverns with nothing but a kerosene lamp? My family voted against it.

[Administrator]

The Blue Ridge Mountains.......

Bill

[Al Schober]

Was in the Luray caverns several years ago - don't recall the museum, the caverns won the show. Just a beautiful place.
Recall well my problems with photography there. The caverns and the points of interest are lit, but dimly. Tried using flash, but that didn't work - close stuff was washed out and the far stuff didn't show up. Finally went to available light. Fortunately, had my DSLR and my favorite lens - a 50mm F1.4 that just soaks up light. Set for aperture priority (wide open), braced myself (and the camera) and fired away - came out great!

[sastanley]

Al, the same here. I am no photog, but I went as a teen on a field trip, my 35mm throw away did not do any justice to the caverns. I took my daughter there about 18 years ago and don't remember much about that trip either.

I remember the 'reflection pool' where it looked the same up as below, and the fried egg is the best as well the natural organ is really interesting...I don't remember much of anything else. Need to re-visit..I'd probably pay a lot more attention now.

[Al Schober]

Yeah, I remember the organ thing - didn't hear it play. Lots of wires run to lots of solenoids striking lots of stalactites - many of which were apparently ground down to 'tune' them. Another case of modifying nature to suit someone's desires. Personally, I wouldn't go to an organ concert because it's in a cavern using stalactites. Bring in a pipe organ, a known organist, a classic repertoire, and let me enjoy (or hate) the acoustics of the place - I'm sure it would be unusual!

[ndutton]

Fortunately, had my DSLR and my favorite lens - a 50mm F1.4 that just soaks up light. Set for aperture priority (wide open), braced myself (and the camera) and fired away - came out great!

Brings back memories.
Mitchell Caverns, Essex, CA. Sixty second hand held time exposure, 50mm F1.4 lens, Kodachrome 64 film. A technique for successful hand held time exposures is to brace yourself as Al mentioned, exhale before opening the shutter and do not inhale before the shutter is closed.

[Administrator]

I remember the claustrophobia walking down that entrance into the cave, with the walls closing in around me. I didn't do well in confined space training as a volunteer firefighter either.

Oh, and I remember the sadness at seeing the ends of both stalagmites and stalagtites broken off by vandals and thieves over the years.

Bill

[joe_db]

This is the reflecting pool - only a few inches deep. Shot with my phone believe it or not.