Steam driven compressor at Monkton Coking Works
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Steam driven compressor at Monkton Coking Works
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 28 May 1989
Built 1956 by Belliss and Morcom in Birmingham. V type steam engine coupled to reciprocating gas compressor, also by Belliss. Workable until 1990 and scrapped about 1992.
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Image Location
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54.957949
Longitude
-1.509628