Sherwood Colliery - steam winding engine
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Sherwood Colliery - steam winding engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 25 Mar 1981
Sherwood had a pair of Fraser & Chalmers winding engines. This is the large 1903 built cross compound with cylinders 32" & 53" bores x 66" stroke and rated at 2800 horsepower. It was stopped and scrapped in 1982. This is a view of the low-pressure cylinder with its Corliss valve gear and Allan straight link reversing motion.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.156931
Longitude
-1.198382