Basford Waterworks, Cylinders and Valve Gear
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Basford Waterworks, Cylinders and Valve Gear
Image: © Samuel Aubrey Garratt Taken: Unknown
Basford Waterworks was located at the junction of Haydn Road and Hucknall Road at the site now occupied by the Severn Trent Water Authority. It comprised two engine houses housing three rotary beam engines. This photo is of the cylinders and valve gear to the No. 2 engine. It was built by Hawthorns in 1858. These engines are now in the industrial museum at Wollaton Hall. I've been in there and seen them but they don't recreate the noise, the heat and the smell of steam, oil and brasso when the engines were fully working.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.980205
Longitude
-1.159804