Brindley Bank Pumping Station - independent air pump engine
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Brindley Bank Pumping Station - independent air pump engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 28 Jan 1984
This South Staffordshire Waterworks Company pumping station originally had two inverted vertical triple expansion pumping engines. One of these is preserved and was built by W & J Galloway of Manchester in 1913. An unusual feature is that the air pump for removing condensate and incondensable gases from the condenser was independent and driven by its own small steam engine. It was more usual for the air pump to be driven off the main engine by linkage. Although the pump handled more liquid than gas, it was known as an air pump since the days of James Watt.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.694759
Longitude
-1.911624