Bamford Mill - steam turbine
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Bamford Mill - steam turbine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 22 Aug 1992
This little gem has been scrapped and its room is part of an apartment now. The round casing in the foreground is a Greenwood & Batley De Laval impulse turbine. This is obscuring a high ratio reduction gear (the De Laval is very fast) and in the background is the driven dynamo (DC of course). The large pipe at the bottom of the frame is the exhaust pipe to the condensing plant with a jet condenser and DC motor driven reciprocating air pump. This was a rare example of the breed and its loss is a great shame.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.34656
Longitude
-1.693533