Royal Victoria Hospital - steam engines

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The photograph on this page of Royal Victoria Hospital - steam engines by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.

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Royal Victoria Hospital - steam engines

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 1 Aug 2005

A pair of horizontal single cylinder slide valve engines by Victor Coates & Co Ltd of Belfast. They were built in 1903 and drove fans for circulating air to the now largely demolished part of this hospital. They are c12" bore by 16" stroke and the flywheels are 4' 6" diameter.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.59482
Longitude
-5.952018