IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Ashby Road, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 3TR

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This page details the photographs taken nearby to Ashby Road, LE11 3TR by members of the Geograph project.

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Loughborough University - gates
Off the Ashby Road and by the university centre buildings and the preserved James Watt & Co beam engine.
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 18 Dec 2011
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Loughborough University - beam engine detail
This is the engine described here - Image This view shows a vertical green fixture mounted on a red painted board attached to the main steam pipe. This is almost certainly a mercury manometer and could have been used to indicate condenser vacuum or boiler pressure. I favour the latter. The boiler probably wasn't pressed to more than one atmosphere or 30" of mercury and early boiler pressure gauges (before the bourdon tube - patented in France in 1849) used mercury.
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 18 Dec 2011
0.02 miles
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Loughborough University - plaque on beam engine.
This is attached to the support structure of the venerable preserved beam engine at this site - Image I've been reading around this one. According to the records of James Watt & Co, a 12 hp six column beam engine was supplied to Lambeth Waterworks in 1850 and the standard cylinder size was 20.5" x 36". The Waterworks of London by Colburn & Maw, 1867 (you'll need deep pockets for this) refers to a condensing beam engine by Boulton & Watt, 24" x 36" emptying filter beds by a centrifugal pump belt driven from the flywheel. My friend John Porter from Kew Bridge Steam Museum informed me that - The minutes of the Metropolitan Water Board for 6th May 1932 discuss what to do with an 1850 built beam engine by James Watt & Co which is "of historical value" but is now redundant. It was used for draining the filter beds at Surbiton. They wanted it put on view somewhere but the Science Museum said they had no space. The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago said they would have it but the Board wanted to retain it in the UK. The Governors of Loughborough College said they would like it so the Board agreed it would go there. I have no doubt that this is the same engine throughout and I am very pleased that the College and the University have seen fit to retain it and keep it in reasonable order. You will note that Colburn and Maw get the manufacturer wrong and the cylinder size is also different. The centrifugal pump driven off the flywheel is almost certainly a later iteration and the reciprocating pump driven off the beam was almost certainly the original.
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 18 Dec 2011
0.02 miles
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Benchmark on Paula Radcliffe Athletics Stadium
Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm74746
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 8 Apr 2016
0.03 miles
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Paula Radcliffe Athletics Pavilion
There is an OS benchmark Image on the chimney breast on the left hand side of the building
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 8 Apr 2016
0.03 miles
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Loughborough Beam Engine
Considering this engine is in the next town it is criminal of me not to have visited sooner. It's a delightful example of a Watt beam engine (1850s). It was donated in the 1930s to Loughborough college, famous for engineering excellence. The flywheel, governor, beam, cylinder and Cornish boiler are evident here. It worked in a brewery and waterworks, finishing work in 1934. Image] Image]
Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 18 Dec 2011
0.05 miles
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Loughborough Beam Engine
Considering this engine is in the next town it is criminal of me not to have visited sooner. It's a delightful example of a Watt beam engine (1850s). It was donated in the 1930s to Loughborough college, famous for engineering excellence. The flywheel, governor, beam, cylinder and Cornish boiler are evident here. It worked in a brewery and waterworks, finishing work in 1934. Image] Image]
Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 18 Dec 2011
0.05 miles
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Loughborough Beam Engine
Considering this engine is in the next town it is criminal of me not to have visited sooner. It's a delightful example of a Watt beam engine (1850s). It was donated in the 1930s to Loughborough college, famous for engineering excellence. The flywheel, governor, beam, cylinder and steam pipe are evident here. It worked in a brewery and waterworks, finishing work in 1934. Image] Image]
Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 18 Dec 2011
0.05 miles
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Entrance to Loughborough University
A view of the gated entrance for Loughborough uni.
Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 18 Dec 2011
0.05 miles
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Loughborough Beam Engine
Considering this engine is in the next town it is criminal of me not to have visited sooner. It's a delightful example of a Watt beam engine (1850s). It was donated in the 1930s to Loughborough college, famous for engineering excellence. The flywheel, governor, beam, cylinder and steam pipe are evident here. It worked in a brewery and waterworks, finishing work in 1934. Image]
Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 18 Dec 2011
0.05 miles
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