Ryhope Pumping Station - steam test engine
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Ryhope Pumping Station - steam test engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 28 May 1989
On display in the boiler house in 1989 was this inverted vertical compound test engine built by W Sisson of Gloucester in 1952 as No. E5383. It was supplied to Gateshead technical college and the cylinders are 4.5" & 9" x 9".
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Image Location
Latitude
54.865298
Longitude
-1.372555