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Castlegate, PENRITH, CA11 7JE

An unusual name, presumably deriving from the former livestock auction mart behind it (a site now occupied by a Morrison's supermarket).

In the centre of Penrith

The Agricultural Hotel on Cromwell Road in Penrith.

This Pollit & Wigzell horizontal tandem compound engine was originally supplied to London to drive machinery for preparing the feed of horses for omnibuses. It later went to Krumlin Mills, Barkisland, West Yorkshire where I saw it in about 1977. It was on display here for several years then went to a private collector in Ascot (where I saw it dismantled) and is now in the hands of another collector somewhere near Inverness (I believe). The location is correct to the best of my ability but it is a long time ago. The museum was actually in the former Castlegate Foundry and also had a Robey undertype and a Harker test engine in addition to road steam vehicles. I can't find any other pictures of the museum on the web and this is probably a rare photograph in terms of being publicly viewable.

This museum is now long gone but contained this beautiful, workable Robey single cylinder undertype semi-portable steam engine - No. 49166, c1940. This was purchased by a private collector in the south-east and exhibited at the former Knowle Hill Rally. It was once on the front cover of Model Engineer magazine if I remember correctly. The owner passed on but I it remained with his wife and in store in the Knowle Hill area. It was subsequently auctioned and bought privately. it is now on loan to the Robey Trust at Tavistock and in 2018 is receiving major boiler work.

This museum is now long gone but contained this beautiful, workable Robey single cylinder undertype semi-portable steam engine - No. 49166, c1940. This was purchased by a private collector in the south-east and exhibited at the former Knowle Hill Rally. It was once on the front cover of Model Engineer magazine if I remember correctly. The owner passed on but I had heard it remained with his wife and in store in the Knowle Hill area. If anyone knows more please contact me via the site.

This museum is now long gone but contained this beautiful, workable Robey single cylinder undertype semi-portable steam engine - No. 49166, c1940. This was purchased by a private collector in the south-east and exhibited at the former Knowle Hill Rally. It was once on the front cover of Model Engineer magazine if I remember correctly. The owner passed on but I it remained with his wife and in store in the Knowle Hill area. It was subsequently auctioned and bought privately. It was on loan to the Robey Trust at Tavistock and in 2018 was receiving major boiler work. Unfortunately, it has now been removed from the Tavistock site by its owner and is no longer accessible to the public. This is a close-up view of the motion.

This museum is now long gone but contained this beautiful, workable Robey single cylinder undertype semi-portable steam engine - No. 49166, c1940. This was purchased by a private collector in the south-east and exhibited at the former Knowle Hill Rally. It was once on the front cover of Model Engineer magazine if I remember correctly. The owner passed on but I it remained with his wife and in store in the Knowle Hill area. It was subsequently auctioned and bought privately. It was on loan to the Robey Trust at Tavistock and in 2018 was receiving major boiler work. Unfortunately, it has now been removed from the Tavistock site by its owner and is no longer accessible to the public. This is the view from the firebox end. There is a duplex boiler feed pump mounted on the side of the boiler above the engine's own engine-driven feed pump.