Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Museum - new engine house
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Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Museum - new engine house
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 5 Aug 2012
The Museum changed its name to include steam when this building and its contents was erected. The building houses a horizontal single cylinder engine by E S Hindley of Bourton and a vertical boiler to operate it. The engine is similar to that used in the adjoining waterworks engine house and was acquired on that basis to complement the site's original waterwheel that drove pumps to supply potable water.
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