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 a horizontal single cylinder test engine from Blackburn Technical College. It is claimed to be very old and that it was originally built for a South African gold mine - I am not convinced either claim would stand close scrutiny. The engine was built by Marshall Sons & Co Ltd of Gainsborough to works No. 77871. This number puts the build date as 1924 (not that old at all). It was bought at Auction by Mr R Coles of Shaftesbury.
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Image Location
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53.74019
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-2.939954