Gas Engine

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Gas Engine by Ashley Dace as part of the Geograph project.

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Gas Engine

Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 1 Jan 2011

The area this engine is stored in is where the rubbish was sorted before burning. A roof was added in 1939 to prevent the boilers being seen by bombers. This internal combustion engine ran on town gas. See Image]

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.214566
Longitude
0.144955