Proud Mary, Kinders Lane, Greenfield
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Proud Mary, Kinders Lane, Greenfield
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 6 Nov 2022
This is a steam powered hydraulic pumping engine by Henry Berry of Leeds. It is a horizontal twin tandem compound steam engine with four single acting hydraulic pumps straddling the Laird type crosshead guides on each side. It can apparently be run on compressed air. It was recovered from a scrapyard in the Doncaster area and has been named 'Proud Mary'. It bears an uncanny resemblance to the engine that was at Storey Brothers xylonite works at Cattawade in Suffolk and it is very tempting to think it is the same as it is such an unusual beast. This is the engine at Cattawade - Image The engine does really slope with the flywheel end being lower.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.539397
Longitude
-1.999811