Robey Trust, Tavistock - undertype steam engine
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Robey Trust, Tavistock - undertype steam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 18 Mar 2017
This is a very major rebuild of a duplex undertype engine that was recovered in a comprehensively wrecked state. It dates from c1900 and went out of use in 1926. The flywheel had been scrapped and the boiler wrecked by having a fire in it while dry and also having a large 'flue' knocked through the tube plates. See - Image
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50.543432
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-4.147011