Paine & Co Ltd, flour mill, St Neots
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Paine & Co Ltd, flour mill, St Neots by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Paine & Co Ltd, flour mill, St Neots
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 16 Nov 1990
This site has now been converted to accommodation but in 1990 was being stripped of its machinery. This is a Belliss & Morcom inverted vertical compound (enclosed) steam engine. The alternator it drove had already been scrapped. This was built in 1932 as works No. 8417. It was a V-type with automatic expansion gear and cylinders of 12" & 18" x 8". It was rated at 220-225 brake horsepower at 500 rpm on steam at 140 psi. The flywheel was 45" diameter. As far as is known it was scrapped by 1992/1993.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
52.231053
Longitude
-0.267495