TRANSIT ENGINE AND PUMP
These combination engine-pump units were built by National Transit of
Oil City, PA around the turn of the last century.
They were both two-cycle and four-cycle designs and this one is
four-cycle with a pendulum
governor. They were used in
small “local” stations to pump oil from small leases on the stations
such as McKee. This one
came to the museum in the 1980s from another collector.
BRADFORD IMPROVED
This is a combination engine-air compressor and used to make compressed
air to start large engines.
Built in Bradford, PA about 1915, it originally started a large
compressing engine there.
It would not have been typical of a Transit station of this size.
It came to the museum in the mid-1970s.
TRANSIT AIR COMPRESSOR
This unit is a National Transit inverted, belt driven air compressor
that originally came from McKee.
It was unusual that a
station of that size was providing air starting to its one engine.
It features tight and loose pulleys to provide a clutch to engage
the compressor when needed.
It was probably built in the early 1900s and came to the museum
in the mid-1980s. It is an
unusual item.
TRANSIT WATER PUMP
These single-cylinder, inverted water pumps were built by National
Transit of Oil City, PA in the early 1900s to provide cooling water in
the stations for the engines.
At that time, water was usually pumped from a creek, cooled the
engine, and discharged back to the creek.
Sometimes, they were used to fill large storage tanks.
This pump was used by the Buckeye Pipe Line
in a station in southeastern Ohio and came here about 1990.