Manchester Dry Dock - steam pumping engines
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Manchester Dry Dock - steam pumping engines
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 1 Jun 1999
The dry docks were on the Manchester Ship Canal and were drained from 1893 until closure in 2002 by these two Tangye Archer steam pumping engines with centrifugal pumps. I was once privileged to see them in full cry and they really batted round. The aerial photograph shows that the area where they were has been obliterated. As they were underground they have either been buried or scrapped. A lees likely alternative is that the chamber has been flooded and a lid put over it. That's a great shame. I suppose there is an outside chance they were removed for preservation but I've heard no rumours.
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53.472133
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