Ryhope Pumping Station - the beam floor
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Ryhope Pumping Station - the beam floor
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 28 May 1989
This site is now a museum. This shows the beams of the two Woolf compound beam pumping engines built by R & W Hawthorn in 1868. The beams are each 33' long between end centres and weigh 22 tons. This view is from the crank end of the beams with the parallel motion operating the well pumps with a stroke of 10' 8". The connecting rod picks up inboard of the pumps with an 8' stroke to the crank.
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