Foundations for Swannington Incline winding engine
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Foundations for Swannington Incline winding engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 25 Jul 2009
The Swannington Incline was the work of Robert Stephenson and was cable worked by a stationary engine at the top - an 1833 horizontal single cylinder engine. This is now preserved at the National Railway Museum (see SE5952 : Leicester and Swannington Railway Incline Engine ) but there are alleged plans to rebuild its house and reinstall it here. The incline was latterly used in the reverse direction to supply coal to the Calcutta pit engine. This portion of the foundations appears to have been for a boiler with the base of the chimney beyond. It is not clear what type of boiler sat here.
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