Albion Mills, Hazel Grove - steam engine
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Albion Mills, Hazel Grove - steam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 5 Feb 1984
This site had been abandoned and left open for anybody to walk in. This was a long-disused horizontal cross compound mill engine built by S S Stott of Haslingden in 1903. It was installed second-hand in about 1929 and stopped about 1965. The high pressure cylinder has Corliss valves and is 12.5" bore and the low pressure has a slide valve and is 22" bore. The common stroke is 3'. The flywheel is 10' diameter. The engine was rated at 250 indicated horsepower. This view is from the crank end of the high pressure side with the connecting rod and trunk crosshead guide prominent in the foreground. The low pressure cylinder is on the right by the edge of the flywheel. The centre loaded governor is to Stott's own pattern. The nuts on the big end bearing cover are loose and somebody has probably stolen the top brass. This engine is now restored and in steam at the Anson Museum at Higher Poynton. See - Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.383381
Longitude
-2.124742