Ryhope Engines Museum - close up of steam engine
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Ryhope Engines Museum - close up of steam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 25 Jul 1983
This show some of the underfloor details of one of the two Woolf compound beam pumping engines. Left top is the big end bearing on the crank with the crankshaft in the top centre. The gearing and shaft are the drives to the governor and valve gear. Bottom left is the top of the well that is boarded over with the pump rod passing through. On the right is the cold water tank (now empty) with the jet condenser at the top and the air pump at the bottom. I hope that is clear and means something to somebody. Like many things, it is easy when you know.
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Image Location
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54.865387
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