Pusher steam engine, Ledgard Bridge Mills
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Pusher steam engine, Ledgard Bridge Mills
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 6 Aug 1980
The power of the original single cylinder beam engine Image] was increased by "pusher compounding" with this horizontal engine taking steam at a high pressure and exhausting to the original beam engine cylinder at a lower pressure.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.671319
Longitude
-1.696178