Ellenroad Engine House - large steam engine
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Ellenroad Engine House - large steam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 6 Nov 2022
A close up of the 2500 horsepower horizontal twin tandem compound steam engine. This is one side's valve gear drive. Two large gears, one geared to the crankshft are in the blued steel casing in the right background with bass beading on its left hand edge. The second of these gears carries a bevel gear and a double webbed crank as seen here. The bevel drives a longitudinal shaft operating the high pressure cylinder Corliss valve gear and, on this side only, the governor. The crank operates the low pressure cylinder piston valve. The piston valve is also given a twist motion but that mechanism is not seen here.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.601278
Longitude
-2.106647