Hawkesbury Junction - steam narrowboat engine
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Hawkesbury Junction - steam narrowboat engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 22 Jun 2013
Adamant is modelled on a Bridgwater Canal tug and uses the hulls of two Birmingham 'day boats' dating from c1897. The current engine is an inverted vertical compound built c1895 by Cochrane of Birkenhead. The slide valve cylinders are 4" & 8" x 5" with Stephenson link reverse. It has been fitted with a surface condenser and a home built assembly aft of the engine contains the circulating pump, air pump and mechanical lubricator with a drive by chain off the propshaft. The vertical boiler supplies steam at 125 psi.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.457354
Longitude
-1.470306