Brockhall Hospital boiler house
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The photograph on this page of Brockhall Hospital boiler house by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
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Brockhall Hospital boiler house
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 9 Jan 1993
This large hospital at Old Langho has now been demolished and replaced by Brockhall Village. The boiler house was still in use for the kitchens that were still supplying a new hospital. The boiler house had six Lancashire boilers - two still had coal firing with mechanical stokers and four were gas fired. Only one gas fired boiler was in use. This little steam turbine with a vee-belt drive was the emergency backup drive for the mechanical stokers. I cannot believe it had seen much use.
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Image Location
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53.824796
Longitude
-2.457228