Raab Karcher, Swan Lake Mill - steam engine
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Raab Karcher, Swan Lake Mill - steam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 23 Feb 1991
Originally William Gimson & Sons Ltd, by 1990 the company was Raab Karcher Timber. In 1991 we found two disused Belliss & Morcom inverted vertical compound (enclosed) engines here. This was No. 11157 of 1953. It was installed here secondhand (originally used at timber importers W Scott & Sons Ltd, Leicester) and stopped c1980. It was a V type with cylinders 10" & 16" x 7" and rated at 156 BHP at 500 rpm. It drove an alternator by vee belts from the pulley in the foreground. In the left background is the surface condenser. It is clear that the plumbing has been disconnected. The site appears to have been redeveloped and the position is from Colin Bowden. The engine was scrapped or removed about 1999.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.624394
Longitude
-1.147575