Steam engine - former private collection
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Steam engine - former private collection
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 18 Jun 1988
The late John Huish had amassed a sizable collection of stationary steam engines that were stored in a former laundry that had been a brewery originally. This is a single cylinder vertical steam engine by Thomas Rose of Burford that was used in the Brewery of Garne & Sons Ltd in Burford. It was removed in 1973/4. It was built c1850/60 and the slide valve cylinder was c8" x 14" and the flywheel 5' diameter. It is now on display at the Steam Museum, Preston, Kent. This collection has been dispersed and it looks like the building has been demolished. It was difficult to track it down as nobody seemed to have an address and it wasn't listed with an address in any book I own. I eventually found a letter from the owner with instructions and by deduction my position is pretty close.
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51.359533
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