Stoking the boiler at Ryhope Pumping Station
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The photograph on this page of Stoking the boiler at Ryhope Pumping Station by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
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Stoking the boiler at Ryhope Pumping Station
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 28 May 1989
Firing the in steam Galloway boiler at this preserved Victorian water pumping station. The stoker is slightly blurred as this is a time exposure using available light. Fujifilm 100ASA slide film and scanned on a CanoScan FS4000US scanner.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.865298
Longitude
-1.372555