Victoria Saw Mills, steam engine
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Victoria Saw Mills, steam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 6 May 1982
Owned by James Cordiner & Son Ltd and situated at 100 Sinclair road, Aberdeen. Horizontal single cylinder drop valve engine by Marshall Sons & Co Ltd, Gainsborough. No. 48835 of 1908. Flywheel 12' diameter and driving by ropes (seen bottom left). About 150 horsepower. In use until 1975 and on standby until the late 1970s. Scrapped in 1983 or 4. The steam valves had trip gear controlled by the Proell governor and the exhaust valves were operated by cams with roller followers.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.137679
Longitude
-2.080941