Devonport dockyard - compressed air engine
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Devonport dockyard - compressed air engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 6 Jul 2002
I went on a tour of the publicly accessible part of the dockyard in 2002 from a ship on a round Britain cruise. Tucked away between two buildings and with the rope walk in the background we found this duplex engine that I think drove a capstan and was run on compressed air. A further example was found in an indoor exhibition area. There is also a working hangman's drop in the same range of buildings. I must scan some images from this trip.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.368001
Longitude
-4.178315