George Street Mills - boiler house
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George Street Mills - boiler house
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 24 Mar 1990
James Shires were still in textiles in 1990 and used three steam engines as part of a combined heat and power scheme. Steam was raised in a pair of Robey three pass packaged boilers with automation of water level and firing. I think they were dual fuel oil or gas. These are pretty typical of the more modern packaged shell boilers and similar are still to be found raising steam in many locations. I have surprisingly few photographs of this type of plant (familiarity breeds contempt etc). The boilers and engines were in the older multi-storey mill but production was across the road in a single storey metal clad complex.
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Image Location
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53.640205
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-1.823604