Diamond Ropeworks, Royton - steam engine
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Diamond Ropeworks, Royton - steam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 17 Mar 1990
A 250 horsepower inverted vertical compound engine built in 1912 by Scott & Hodgson of Guide Bridge. The high pressure cylinder has Corliss valves with patent long-range cut-off gear and the low pressure has a piston valve. There is a Whitehead governor and a James Tate electric stop motion. The flywheel drove by ropes to several floors. This was a very tight engine house on this side and I am shooting through the entrance with the doors wide open. The top of one door intrudes on the right.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.569458
Longitude
-2.10868