Internal Fire Museum of Power - triple expansion steam engine

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Internal Fire Museum of Power - triple expansion steam engine by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

Internal Fire Museum of Power - triple expansion steam engine

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 14 Oct 2018

This is a Hathorn Davey inverted vertical triple expansion waterworks pumping engine. It was originally installed at Sutton Poyntz Waterworks in Dorset before being removed to the REME to Bordon Camp, then moving to Leeds Industrial Museum and ultimately back to Sutton Poyntz for erection as an outdoor exhibit. It came to Internal Fire in 2017 and has been returned to steaming condition. I did see it running at about 12 rpm. A larger boiler will improve its performance. It is a small example with drop valve cylinders measuring 12", 19" & 29" bores x 24" stroke.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

coordinates on a map icon
Latitude
52.119625
Longitude
-4.491186