Steam's up, Biggar Gasworks
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Steam's up, Biggar Gasworks
Image: © Jim Barton Taken: 1 Aug 2011
Occasionally the Biggar Gasworks museum has a 'steam day' on which the boiler is fired up to run some of the steam engines for powering ancillary equipment. The white building houses the main gas meter - for a closeup see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.623347
Longitude
-3.52795