Grasshopper beam engine, Webbs Tannery
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Grasshopper beam engine, Webbs Tannery
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 26 May 1987
Built 1851 by W P Wilkins of Ipswich. Actually sits on top of the boiler setting - most unusual. It had a new cylinder in 1904 and the old one was lying nearby. This engine is now in store at the Museum of East Anglian Life.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.16607
Longitude
0.985397