Steam engine, Red Bridge Mills, Ainsworth
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Steam engine, Red Bridge Mills, Ainsworth
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 15 Dec 1983
Diagonal duplex steam engine by Duncan Stewart & Co (1902) Ltd of Glasgow. Swathed in steam from leaking glands, this was hard at work driving a set of drying cylinders for fabric. This was typical of the textile dyeing and finishing trades. Now long since scrapped - the works closed in 1985.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.585099
Longitude
-2.374576