Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Museum
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Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Museum
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 5 Aug 2012
Sherborne Steam and Water Wheel Centre - steam engine E S Hindley of Bourton horizontal single cylinder steam engine from The Gillingham Pottery, Brick & Tile Co. This engine is similar to the one installed in the water works building opposite and long since scrapped. It is now displayed in a purpose built building and steamed from a vertical boiler (not running on this visit due to boiler problems). It has a hand adjusted Rider type expansion slide valve, four bar crosshead guides and a Pickering governor. Considering that it was stored in the open for many years, it has cleaned up quite well. Behind is the vertical boiler that was playing up. I believe this came from Holland and there is a small steam feed pump alongside it.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.950619
Longitude
-2.505174