Thursday, July 7, 2016

Chicago, IL: Fairbanks, Morse & Co.

Streetview from Wabash
I assume that at one time this building was the headquarters of Fairbanks-Morse. I learned of this building from Fred Bowman's posting. I have postings of a F-M generator set, locomotives, and coaling towers. I could not find the video where they run a 4-cylinder 1936 Model 32D like a musical instrument, so I include it here. (When it runs slow, you can see holes in the outside edge of the flywheel. That is where they stick in a bar to turn it to get it in the right position to start: examples 1 and 2.)

Streetview from corner of 9th and Wabash

Zoomed into the Wabash side of the building.

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