IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Anchor Street, LEICESTER, LE4 5PU
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Anchor Street, LE4 5PU by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (194 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Benchmark on wall pier at Abbey Pumping Station Museum
Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at https://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm102374
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 9 May 2018
0.10 miles
2
Leicester Broadway
265-265 Abbey Lane. Former Hardys & Hansons brewery pub
Image: © the bitterman
Taken: 6 Apr 2010
0.10 miles
3
Ruston and Hornsby Diesel Engine
Possibly an old pumping engine, seen the in Abbey pumping stores building. Also a couple of smaller diesels, possibly from mills (email for pictures).
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 4 Dec 2011
0.11 miles
4
Abbey Pumping Station - railway
The site's steam locomotive needs a retube, so the railway is using this diesel 'Simplex' locomotive to haul the rolling stock.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 29 Jun 2014
0.11 miles
5
Abbey Pumping Station - frying tonight
The Leicester Museum of Technology's superbly restored coal-fired mobile fish and chip van. This was doing a roaring trade although we didn't sample the wares. To the best of my knowledge this is the only working example of its type.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 4 Dec 2011
0.12 miles
6
Event day at Abbey Pumping Station
Several of the movable exhibits are on display in the open.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 12 Apr 2015
0.12 miles
7
Abbey Pumping Station - roller and living van.
Aveling & Porter No. 3319 of 1894. A single cylinder 5 NHP roller weighing 10 tons.
Anyone interested in road steam should get hold of the Traction Engine Register, not least because it allows you to get engine details from the registration number (as in this case).
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 4 Dec 2011
0.12 miles
8
Abbey Pumping station - orange roller
Aveling Barford internal combustion engined roller
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 29 Jun 2014
0.12 miles
9
Abbey Pumping Station - Brush Ljungstrom turbine
Preserved in the museum grounds is this important example of a class of turbine that has now been passed by. The vast majority of turbines pass the steam through sets of blades arranged along the long axis of the machine - axial flow. Very large turbines can be made this way - 1700MW or more.
The Ljungstrom turbines passes the steam radially, perpendicular to the long axis, from centre to periphery through blades arranged in rings on two contra-rotating, interleaved rotors. Each rotor drives an alternator and these would be synchronised together to keep a constant speed.
This is a small example of 1MW and the design was physically constrained to no more than about 50MW (with axial terminal stages). The Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester had one on display with the top cover off and the museum store in Swansea has a loose rotor assembly. Unfortunately the Manchester Museum closed its electricity gallery in 2016 - a sad loss.
This one was built under license by Brush at Loughborough in 1914 and used in Loughborough power station.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 4 Dec 2011
0.12 miles
10
Abbey Pumping Station
The main engine house, built around 1890 in Arts and Crafts style. Listed Grade II.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 12 Apr 2015
0.13 miles