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Detail of the main fuel valve (left), main LOX valve, and lower LOX dome inlet on the upper left F-1 engine.

With the horizontal weld on the side of the LOX dome inlet, this has the newer, "fish mouth" style inlet (see my page on the lower left engine LOX inlet for additional information).

I'm not certain whether the later engine mockups (Saturn identifies this engine as FM-105) have the "fish mouth" LOX inlets, or whether this is actually an early production engine.

 
F-1 rocket engine main LOX valve and main fuel valve on Saturn V S-IC (First) Stage (Davidson Center) at U.S. Space and Rocket Center
Time picture taken Sun Jun 3 13:40:26 2012
Location picture taken Saturn V Hall
Davidson Center for Space Exploration
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Huntsville, AL
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