Gas compressors, Hawthorn Coking Works
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Gas compressors, Hawthorn Coking Works
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 29 Jun 1988
There are a row of three gas compressors for boosting the gas to storage and distribution. The two farthest away are driven by electric motors in a sealed room behind the facing wall on the right. (All fittings are flame-proof or sealed away. The compressor nearest is direct coupled to a Belliss & Morcom steam engine (widget on the right). This was built in 1958 and was of 428 BHP. The vertical cylinders on the left are gas/water aftercoolers. The compressors and steam engine were built by Belliss & Morcom in Birmingham.
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54.807358
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-1.394768