Steam engine and pumps, Enginuity

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Steam engine and pumps, Enginuity

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 14 Oct 2006

The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust's hands-on science centre includes this nicely re-erected horizontal single cylinder steam engine driving three throw pumps. It came from the Appleton Pumping Station on the Sandringham Estate and was built by Pratchitt Bros in Carlisle.

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Image Location

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52.638116
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-2.493515