Strand Palace Hotel - steam engine
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Strand Palace Hotel - steam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 22 Apr 1989
It's easy to forget that big hotels have big infrastructure and this hotel once generated appreciable quantities of DC electricity. This is a 1927 Belliss & Morcom inverted vertical triple expansion steam engine. It was rated at 430/440 brake horsepower at 350 rpm. Although long disused it is possibly still in the powerhouse in a basement between Exeter Street and Tavistock Street. The site also had water-tube boilers similar to those used in WWII naval vessels.
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Image Location
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51.511436
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