National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port - steam pumping engine
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National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port - steam pumping engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 24 Jun 2012
This engine was installed to supply fire fighting water to three large flour mills arranged around the lower basin of the Ellesmere Port dock complex. It is a unique inverted vertical twin tandem compound rotative 'banjo' pump built in 1910 by Frank Pearn & Co Ltd of Manchester. The cylinders are 14" & 22" bores x 15" stroke. It developed 80 horsepower and pumped 375 gallons/minute at 70 psi. This engine is now restored and run on steam on the first Sunday of the month. It is the only known survivor of the type although a similar engine was used in a municipal waterworks in Cheshire.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.287877
Longitude
-2.893091