Brindley Bank Pumping Station - steam engine
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Brindley Bank Pumping Station - steam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 28 Jan 1984
105' long Hathorn, Davey horizontal tandem compound engine operating well pumps and a force pump. The force pump is out of sight to the left behind the photographer. The low pressure cylinder is immediately by the photographer. Further away is the smaller high pressure cylinder with the main steam valve above it. The crankshaft carries the flywheel on the left and a disc crank operating the air pump on its right. Beyond that are the two bell cranks operating the well pumps. The engine was built in 1907 in Leeds. The cylinders are 28" and 54" bores by 5' stroke. The massive flywheel is 24' diameter. The engine took steam at 100 psi and developed 223 indicated horsepower at a maximum of 18 revolutions per minute. In 1983 the engine was preserved in a working station and there was a company museum in the former boiler house. Since then the engine house has been listed but is no longer in use or maintained.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.772898
Longitude
-1.945262