Tayport Sawmills, steam engine.
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Tayport Sawmills, steam engine.
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 5 May 1982
Owned by James Donalsdon & Sons. This was an out of use W H Allen inverted vertical three cylinder compound driving a DC generator and developing 290 bhp. This was very much the same type of engine as used on the Titanic for its electricity supply but a fair bit smaller. It was scrapped in the period 1984-7.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.446475
Longitude
-2.875922