The Engineerium - 1875 beam engine
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The Engineerium - 1875 beam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 20 Nov 2011
The lighting was bad, it was thronged with visitors and the engine was fairly whipping round. All factors conspiring against quality photographic results. This is the best of quite a few. you can see motion smear on the flywheel but on the whole I'm reasonably happy. The engine is a Woolf compound rotative beam pumping engine by Eastons & Anderson. The slide valve cylinders are 28" x 64.75" and 46" x 96". The flywheel is 23' 6" diameter. The engine is good for 150 horsepower at 16 rpm and shifted 125,000 gallons of water per hour. The total lift was 600'. A very pretty, well looked after and practically silent engine.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.844117
Longitude
-0.175765