Sutton Manor Colliery, steam winding engine
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Sutton Manor Colliery, steam winding engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 17 Jul 1980
This is a Fraser & Chalmers horizontal cross compound winding engine built in 1907, stopped in 1986 and removed to Australia for preservation in 1988. It was quite a large example and relatively rare as a cross compound. The high pressure is on the right and the low pressure on the left. The big 'drum' on top of the cylinder contains a throttle valve. The valve gear is Corliss. The vertical object in front of the drum is the reversing engine.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.410888
Longitude
-2.728076