Wortley Top Forge - vertical steam engine
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Wortley Top Forge - vertical steam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 23 May 2010
Built circa 1900 by Markham of Chesterfield and used by the company to drive a portable boring rig for reboring the cylinders of winding engines. The simple slide valve cylinder is 6" bore x 8" stroke. Note the two bar crosshead guide and pitchfork connecting rod. This is a very simple and robust little engine. There is a larger and more solid Markham vertical engine on display in the Chesterfield Museum.
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