Steam firepump, Royd Mill
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Steam firepump, Royd Mill
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 6 Jun 1983
Once a standard item of kit in a textile mill. This duplex rotative pump is now at Astley Green Colliery. The steps on the left led to the empty mill engine house and rope race.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.527188
Longitude
-2.132708