Steam driven air compressor

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The photograph on this page of Steam driven air compressor by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.

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Steam driven air compressor

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 18 Feb 1989

Second hand Belliss & Morcom. Built for Blidworth Colliery c1924 and installed at GEC, Mill Road, Rugby in 1973/4. Was used in the winter and this was its last season in use (was running when photographed). It was scrapped in 1991 and the power house site has been cleared.

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