Ellenroad Engine House - steam engine gauge board
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The photograph on this page of Ellenroad Engine House - steam engine gauge board by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
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Ellenroad Engine House - steam engine gauge board
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 6 Nov 2022
This is the gauge board on the 2500 horsepower horizontal twin tandem compound engine that is the largest workable textile mill engine in the world. The centre top gauge is the pressure in the steam main and therefore, more or less, the pressure in the boiler. The two large flanking gauges measure the condenser vacuum on each side of the engine as each side has its own condensing plant. The two smaller gauges at the bottom are combination pressure/vacuum gauges and measure the pressure in the transfer pipes between high and low-pressure cylinders on each side of the engine. The brass plaque shows that the gauges were repaired by the Budenberg Gauge Co Ltd of Manchester. This firm has been in business for 170 years and is still manufacturing pressure gauges. Some needs have not gone away.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.601278
Longitude
-2.106647