Lytham Motive Power Museum - steam engine
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Lytham Motive Power Museum - steam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 25 Jan 1992
This museum was owned by a private individual and housed in his engineering works at Lytham St Annes. When visited it had closed and the exhibits were to be auctioned off on 1st March 1992. I believe that the current company - Helical Technology - still retains a museum on site with some vintage technology. The main focus of this photograph is an inverted vertical (enclosed) single cylinder steam engine. This was built in 1939 by Ashworth and Parker of Bury as works No. 1356 and used to belt drive a compressor at Manton Gasworks, Blackpool. It was bought at auction by Mr R Coles of Shaftesbury. I made no notes of the steam locomotive on the right. From the auction catalogue I believe it was most probably lot No. 3 - Ribble cement No. 3, an Hudswell, Clarke No. 1661 of 1936. A standard gauge 0-4-0 ST. As of 2019 it was noted to be in the current museum on this site that is not open to the public.
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