Parsons cross compound steam turbine, Elk Mill
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Parsons cross compound steam turbine, Elk Mill
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 6 Jun 1983
The late George Watkins took a photograph practically identical to this but I must say there are few other pictures I'm aware of. The alternator is on the left and in the middle is the HP turbine with the starting and governor gear. The LP turbine is left of the drive shaft. The single reduction gear box is behind the two turbine casings. Looks like somebody has had the top half brass out of the bearing on the extreme left - note the top cover on the floor. I have spent >3/5ths of my life engaged in this sort of photography and field research and it grieves me to see it all dwindling away.
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Image Location
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53.557742
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-2.138842