Diglis Basin, Worcester - engine of Steam Launch Simba
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Diglis Basin, Worcester - engine of Steam Launch Simba
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 7 Jul 2012
This is the trailable steam launch/steamboat seen here - Image The plants consists of a coal burning vertical fire tube boiler and an inverted vertical compound reversing engine that appears to be a Stuart Turner. Although S T engines are considered the province of model engineers, the larger ones are comparable to full size engines and equally capable of a job of work. The weather was intermittently appalling, hence the strewn wet weather gear.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.183772
Longitude
-2.22037