The River Don Engine
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The River Don Engine by M J Richardson as part of the Geograph project.
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The River Don Engine
Image: © M J Richardson Taken: 12 Oct 2011
A huge engine, driven by high pressure steam, built by Davy Brothers Ltd in 1905 and used to power rolling mills for making steel sheet for battleships, nuclear power stations and oil rigs. It was in use for 75 years, and was reinstalled at the Kelham Island Museum in 1983, after being saved by Hugh Wentworth Ping, who worked for Firth Vickers and then British Steel and was responsible for raising the scrap value of £20000. It weighs 426 tonnes, produces 12000 BHP, can change direction in 2 seconds, and makes lot of noise when running.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.389834
Longitude
-1.472791