Ellenroad Engine House - steam engine
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Ellenroad Engine House - steam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 6 Nov 2022
The biggest workable mill engine in the UK. The flywheel weighs 80 tons. The engine is a twin tandem compound and this is a view of part of a high pressure cylinder with Craig's trip gear on the steam valves under the control of the Whitehead governor. The steam valve is at the top of the cylinder and the exhaust valve at the bottom with a bell crank transmitting the motion from one eccentric to both exhaust valves. The vertical rod with a turbuckle is from the governor and is adjusting the cut-off. The low pressure cylinder is on the right. The engine was built in 1892 as a four cylinder triple expansion by J & W McNaught then rebuilt in 1921 by Clayton, Goodfellow as a twin tandem compound with Craig's cut-off gear.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.601278
Longitude
-2.106647