Power House, Brockhall Hospital
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Power House, Brockhall Hospital by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
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Power House, Brockhall Hospital
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 9 Jan 1993
The main focus is a Belliss & Morcom inverted vertical compound (enclosed) steam engine driving an alternator. Beyond it are the duplicated electric boiler feed pumps and the Weir steam feed pumps. The rather orange pipe on the extreme left is to a steam turbine fire pump. This site is now flat
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Image Location
Latitude
53.824796
Longitude
-2.457228