British Engineerium, Hove - No. 2 beam engine
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British Engineerium, Hove - No. 2 beam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 15 Apr 1992
The engine is a Woolf compound rotative beam pumping engine by Eastons & Anderson and built in 1875. The slide valve cylinders are 28" x 64.75" and 46" x 96". The flywheel is 23' 6" diameter. The engine is good for 150 horsepower at 16 rpm and shifted 125,000 gallons of water per hour. The total lift was 600'. This shows the rather plain twin flitch plate beam. The barley twist handrails are a very nice touch. When the site first opened the public were allowed up here, even when in steam, but by 1992 there was no public access. I was up here with the site owner's permission.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.844117
Longitude
-0.175765