Ryhope Pumping Station - the cylinders and valve gear
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Ryhope Pumping Station - the cylinders and valve gear
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 28 May 1989
This preserved pumping station contains two Woolf compound beam engines built in 1868 by R & W Hawthorn. This shows the cylinders of one engine with the high pressure (27.5" x 5'4") to the right of the low pressure (45" x 8'). Also included is the lower valve chest with four Cornish drop valves and the hand starting levers for upper and lower valve chests. This arrangement is similar to that at Claymills Victorian Pumping Station.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.865297
Longitude
-1.372244