Sun Oil Headquarters, Leeco, Kentucky


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Former Sun Oil headquarters near Leeco
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One-cylinder natural gas-powered Frick engine typical of early central power and rod line pumping systems
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Drive gear and eccentric
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Flywheel, cylinder, and eccentric
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Cylinder liner and governer
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Detail of cam shaft
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Flywheel and governer
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The eccentric (and Sam Pees, oilfield historian)
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Top view of eccentric showing stacked eccentric with multiple rod linkage points
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Field post used to support rods and amplify (or reduce) pumping action
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Jones jack
 

All photos © 2001 Brandon C. Nuttall,
Table created by Thumber