Brockhall Hospital boiler house

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 9 Jan 1993

This is the boiler house of the boiler house/power house complex of this now demolished hospital. This shows the top of five of the six Lancashire boilers - two with original mechanical stokers and four converted to gas. There was a huge bank of Green's economisers at the rear (in a separate room to the left). On the far wall below the red railings was a steam turbine for emergency stoker drive (a more unlikely combination I would be hard pushed to come up with). The yellow plumbing on the left is the gas supply for the burners. The green plumbing is for the boiler feedwater. The red and silver plumbing is for live steam from the boilers. This latter is curved to accommodate expansion (an important factor that should never be forgotten). We were very lucky to see this about two months before it closed down for good. If you want to enjoy a similar view now you need to head to Claymills Victorian Pumping Station.

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