Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum - Steam Engine

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Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum - Steam Engine

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 23 Oct 2011

In situ horizontal single cylinder engine of c1885 by John Wood of Wigan. It has a 16" x 30" slide valve cylinder, Pickering governor, four bar crosshead guides and a disc crank. Steam is supplied by a modern, oil-burning Fulton boiler and she is a smooth runner.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.885531
Longitude
-1.290291