Brockhall Hospital power house
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Brockhall Hospital power house
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 9 Jan 1993
This large hospital at Old Langho was largely closed but the boiler house and kitchens were still active, although closure was imminent. This little room near the base of the chimney had originally housed a Belliss and Morcom steam engine driving an induced draught fan. It latterly housed this turboalternator as a backup power supply that was not really run in. It is now doing service at Markham Grange Nurseries where waste wood provides steam to generate the power needed to run the nursery. Excess is exported to the grid. The unit was built by APE Allen Ltd of Bedford in 1982 as works No. T5/57826 and developing 200kW.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.824796
Longitude
-2.457228