Newcomen Beam Engine at Elsecar
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Newcomen Beam Engine at Elsecar
Image: © Dave Pickersgill Taken: 14 Sep 2012
The Newcomen Beam Engine at Elsecar is one of South Yorkshire's finest surviving legacies of the Industrial Revolution. It is the only Newcomen – type atmospheric pressure beam engine in the world to have remained in its original location. It was built in 1795 to extract water from Elsecar New Colliery, to allow the exploitation of deeper coal seams. The incorrect date stone above the door actually reads 1787. The Beam Engine ran from 1795 => 1923 when it was replaced by Electric Pumps. At its peak it could draw 600 gallons a minute. In 1972 the engine was classified as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.49901
Longitude
-1.426062