Steam boiler, Cultra, Holywood
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Steam boiler, Cultra, Holywood
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 24 Jun 2013
Looking a bit like Stephenson’s “Rocket” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephenson's_Rocket of 1829, this is really a portable steam boiler made almost 100 years later, now on display at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum car park beside the Bangor Road. The information board (bottom left) reads: “MARSHALL PORTABLE STEAM BOILER C 1920 Similar to the modern diesel generators seen at roadworks today, this portable steam boiler provided mobile power wherever it was required. Manufactured by Marshall, Sons & Co of Gainsborough, England, it was used at Ebrington Naval Base in County Londonderry, where it provided temporary power to ships in port during World War II. After the war it powered the laundry at the base, before being moved to Kinnegar Army Barracks in Holywood, County Down”.
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