Bolton Steam Museum - erectors at work
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Bolton Steam Museum - erectors at work
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 11 Oct 2009
This is the unique vertical cross compound engine from Dearneside mills, Denby Dale. It had spent 30 years in a dismantled state and is now being lovingly re-erected by the small band of dedicated enthusiasts of the Northern Mill Engine Society. I will post a picture when it is finished. Here it is Image
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