Lancashire Boiler Front, Bolton Steam Museum
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Lancashire Boiler Front, Bolton Steam Museum
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 25 Aug 2013
This is the front plate from a "Lancashire" boiler. The Lancashire design which was patented by Fairbairn and Hetherington of Manchester in 1844, was the most common type of boiler used to produce steam in textile mills. A complete Lancashire boiler is over 30ft long, too big to be preserved in its entirety at the museum and so the exhibit is just the front-plate, which gives some indication of how it might have looked in a boiler-house. This particular boiler was obtained from Halliwell Mills, Bolton and was manufactured by Hick Hargreaves Ltd of Bolton in 1906 for a working pressure of 160 psi (Image]). Other wording on the front reads: No. 4538 · TINKER. SHENTON & Co. LIMITED, MAKERS, HYDE · AD 1901 · NEAR MANCHESTER
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Image Location
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53.584641
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-2.454932