Irvine-Furnace Field, Tickey Fork of Cow Creek Area


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Vacuum pump on Maple lease, McKinney Hollow, Irvine-Furnace area
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McKinney cabin, Irvine-Furnace area
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Small wooden separator tank, Tickey Fork of Cow Creek, Irvine-Furnace area
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Flywheels at abandoned pump station, Tickey Fork of Cow Creek, Irvine Furnace area
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Flywheels at abandoned pump station, Tickey Fork of Cow Creek, Irvine Furnace area
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Reptilian visitors were not disturbed
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Drilling machines abandoned to the kudzu
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Wooden cab of abandoned drilling machine
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Inside the cab of the rig
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Sam Pees examining the draw works and drive of the drilling rig
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Straight-six gasoline motor for road use in the rig
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Details of the powertrain of the drilling rig
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Gear-driven eccentric in collapsed power shed
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Detail of rod linkage to eccentric
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Drive gear, eccentric, and rod line links in central power shed
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Belt-driven fly wheel supplied power to the eccentric (motor removed from shed)
   

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