Brockhall Hospital power house
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Brockhall Hospital power house by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
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Brockhall Hospital power house
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 9 Jan 1993
This large hospital complex has now been demolished and replaced by Brockhall Village. The boiler house was still in use feeding the kitchens that were still supplying a new hospital. Final closure was imminent. The boiler house contained six Lancashire boilers and the power house contained six calorifiers, five turbine driven pumps, a turbine driven fire pump, a steam engine driven alternator and the feed pumps. A separate room by the base of the chimney contained an emergency turboalternator. These are the two smaller pumps driven by Turney turbines that were on the hot water system. The exhaust steam in the orange pipes could be used at low pressure in the calorifiers. This is an energy efficient system
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Image Location
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53.824796
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-2.457228