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The late John Huish had amassed a sizable collection of stationary steam engines that were stored in a former laundry that had been a brewery originally. This is a single cylinder vertical steam engine by Thomas Rose of Burford that was used in the Brewery of Garne & Sons Ltd in Burford. It was removed in 1973/4. It was built c1850/60 and the slide valve cylinder was c8" x 14" and the flywheel 5' diameter. It is now on display at the Steam Museum, Preston, Kent. This collection has been dispersed and it looks like the building has been demolished. It was difficult to track it down as nobody seemed to have an address and it wasn't listed with an address in any book I own. I eventually found a letter from the owner with instructions and by deduction my position is pretty close.

This is a horizontal tandem compound condensing mill engine by Holborow of Dudbridge, Stroud in 1894. The slide valve cylinders are 8" & 14" x 16" and it was used to assist a waterwheel at The Pin Mill in Charfield until about 1950. The flywheel is 70" and there is an adjoining rope pulley 42" diameter. It was rated at 80 bhp at 100 rpm on steam at 100 psi. It is seen here in the collection of the late John Huish at Worle. This site has now been demolished and the engine is at the Brecon Mountain Railway - Image

A Marshall of Gainsborough inverted vertical single cylinder test engine that I recall was used at the Merchant Venturers' college in Bristol. The collection has been disbanded and I saw this engine in the open at Arreton Barns on the Isle of Wight - Image The engine is No. 45560 of c1906.

The collection owned by the late John Huish. This has now been dispersed and it appears the building housing it has been demolished. This is a US built high speed horizontal single cylinder engine. I had completely forgotten this was here and it probably came from the Burmah Castrol oil refinery at Ellesmere Port - Image A similar engine is dismantled in store at Astley Green Colliery.

Inverted vertical single cylinder (enclosed) engine driving an alternator. This is No. 7061 and is an absolute classic Belliss & Morcom design that was largely unchanged for in excess of 50 years. This was in the collection of the late John Huish and has now been dispersed.

G Waller of Stroud built this inverted vertical engine for gasworks use, almost certainly for exhauster drive. This is borne out by the gas pressure governor seen behind the flywheel in the right background. The exhauster would have been attached to the crankshaft coupling on the left.

This now disbanded private collection was owned by the late John Huish. In pride of place in the photograph is a Tangyes of Birmingham inverted vertical single cylinder engine. The light green three cylinder drum-shaped machine is a Peter Brotherhood radial engine. Also nearby are a pair of horizontal single cylinder twin flywheel machines that would have been for gasworks use and highly likely to have been by Bryan Donkin of Chesterfield.

This was a private collection in Worle that has since been disbanded and the site appears to have been cleared. This was the largest engine here and mounted on a lorry trailer so that it could be taken to events. This activity ceased as soon as it was realised it was so heavy it tended to bog down. It is an inverted vertical triple expansion engine from a Navy 'Fresh' class water carrier. It is now on display at Chatham Historic Dockyard but I have yet to scan an image of it there.