The Emergence of Large Horizontal Gas Engine-Compressors
March 10, 2026
The Cornerstones of Compression series has highlighted many significant products over more than 160 years of continuous progress. This is the first of a three-issue series that traces the emergence of large horizontal gas engine-compressors at the turn of the 20th century and the emergence of the C & G Cooper Company and later, Cooper-Bessemer, as the primary manufacturer of these huge machines for four decades.
In the very early days of the natural gas industry, the gas was transmitted through short pipelines to nearby towns and consumers using the natural pressure from wells. After a short time this natural “rock” pressure declined so it became necessary to use compressors to raise the gas pressure to…
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