Smithy Place Mills - steam engine
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Smithy Place Mills - steam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 29 Oct 1985
Belliss & Morcom inverted vertical compound (C-type) of 220 brake horsepower. Built 1906 as No. 2782. Cylinders 14" & 19" x 10". 400 rpm. Flywheel 4' 6". Installed here 3rd hand and driving an alternator by vee belts. It was disused when photographed and probably scrapped about 1991. The site is now redeveloped. It was a dyeing and finishing works.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.59599
Longitude
-1.77438