Glenruthven Mill - steam engine
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The photograph on this page of Glenruthven Mill - steam engine by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
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Glenruthven Mill - steam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 4 May 1982
A very nice small horizontal tandem compound steam engine built by an unknown maker in 1873 and installed secondhand c1918. It ran until 1980 and was then later preserved and steamed as an outpost of the Royal Scottish Museum. It is now lying dormant in a business centre but it is still possible to see it by request. Closest to the camera are the jet condenser and air pump alongside the high pressure cylinder. The low pressure cylinder is nearest the crank. In the left background with an air vessel on top is the boiler feed pump that, like the air pump, is operated off the crosshead. Love the hand rail.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.297252
Longitude
-3.690002