Friar's Goose Pumping Engine

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Friar's Goose Pumping Engine by Mick Garratt as part of the Geograph project.

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Friar's Goose Pumping Engine

Image: © Mick Garratt Taken: 5 Jul 2005

These remains housed an engine built by Robert Stephenson in the early 19c. for pumping water from the coal mines below. Every pump stroke lifted about 195 galls and with one stroke every 10 seconds this removed over 1,500,000 gallons per day.

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