The Engineerium - boiler house
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The Engineerium - boiler house
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 20 Nov 2011
The boiler house originally contained six boilers but in 1934 they were replaced by these four Lancashire boilers by Yates & Thom of Blackburn. Two are now steamable and the boiler man is stoking the one that was in steam for the site's last steaming day for a couple of years. The boiler house is absolutely spotless despite the boiler being fired on that dirty old stuff - coal. The site is about to enter the last phase of a protracted revamp.
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Image Location
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50.844207
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-0.175762