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W E & J Pebody Ltd, chrome tanners, Cowper Tannery, Lime Street, Olney
Was home to a W H Allen steam engine driving an alternator. Subsequently removed. The satellite image shows that the plot has been cleared.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 30 Jun 1990
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Steam engine at Cowper Tannery, Olney
W H Allen Sons & Co Ltd compound engine built in 1948 and stopped c1986. Now for sale at Preston Steam Services near Canterbury.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 30 Jun 1990
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Steam engine at Cowper Tannery, Olney
W H Allen Sons & Co Ltd compound engine built in 1948 and stopped c1986. Now for sale at Preston Steam Services near Canterbury. The cylinders are 12" & 18" bore by 7.5" stroke with piston valves. It developed 150 brake horsepower at 500 revolutions per minute on steam at 100 pounds per square inch. The flywheel is 42" diameter and the engine is direct coupled to an alternator. The device in the bottom right corner is the DC exciter to supply the field coils of the alternator.
The original colour slide is dark and this is better in monochrome.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 30 Jun 1990
0.02 miles
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Steam engine at Cowper Tannery, Olney
W H Allen Sons & Co Ltd compound engine built in 1948 and stopped c1986. Now for sale at Preston Steam Services near Canterbury. The cylinders are 12" & 18" bore by 7.5" stroke with piston valves. It developed 150 brake horsepower at 500 revolutions per minute on steam at 100 pounds per square inch. The flywheel is 42" diameter and the engine is direct coupled to an alternator. The device on the extreme right is the DC exciter to supply the field coils of the alternator.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 30 Jun 1990
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Fuel pumps at the Subaru garage
The pumps like the car brands above appear to have fallen by the wayside. An interesting feature none the less.
Image: © Michael Trolove
Taken: 22 Feb 2009
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Soul's Garage workshop
Image: © Philip Jeffrey
Taken: 16 Aug 2012
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Houses on High Street South
Possibly estate houses though nothing was visible to explain.
Image: © Michael Trolove
Taken: 22 Feb 2009
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High Street, Olney
Looking down the southern end of High Street in the village centre of Olney, an outlying area of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England.
Image: © Steven Haslington
Taken: 8 May 2014
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High Street, Olney
These houses are on the southern outskirts of the town.
Image: © Robin Drayton
Taken: 13 May 2008
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Olney Church Hall
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 11 Jun 2017
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