Cucumber & Tomato Steam Engine
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Cucumber & Tomato Steam Engine
Image: © Jeff Tomlinson Taken: 4 Sep 2004
"This steam engine was built by Robey of Lincoln around 1950 and was used by on the old Cucumber and Tomato nursery to provide steam for the sterilisation of soil prior to the planting of new crops. It is one of the last riveted boilers to have been made"
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Image Location
Latitude
51.9616
Longitude
-0.512531