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Burcombe Close, SUNDERLAND, SR2 0FJ

Boiler by Galloways Limited of Manchester, dated 1902. Seen during a firing weekend at Ryhope Pumping Station.

This building contains two Woolf compound beam engines built in 1868 by R & W Hawthorn and in use until 1967. The cylinders are 27.5" x 5'4" and 45" x 8'. The beams are 33' between end centres and weigh 22 tons. The flywheels are 24' diameter and weigh 18 tons. The engines used steam at 35 psi, ran at 10 rpm and delivered 40,000 gallons per hour against a 243' head. This shows part of the flywheel and the Watt type conical pendulum governor. The latter is driven from the crankshaft that is below the driving floor level. The curved rack inside the flywheel's rim is for barring the engine round with a long crowbar acting against the spokes. At least one spoke is always over the rack.

This preserved former waterworks pumping station has two steam winches. One is hidden under the entrance stairs and rarely seen but this one is on the beam floor and seen by all who venture up there. It is a horizontal duplex geared winch modelled on a traction engine type layout. It was installed c1914 and is by an unknown maker. The slide valve cylinders are c9" x 12" and the flywheel (hidden by the green cover) is 5' diameter.

This preserved former waterworks pumping station has two steam winches. One is hidden under the entrance stairs and rarely seen but this one is on the beam floor and seen by all who venture up there. It is a horizontal duplex geared winch modelled on a traction engine type layout. It was installed c1914 and is by an unknown maker. The slide valve cylinders are c9" x 12" and the flywheel (hidden by the green cover) is 5' diameter.

This preserved pumping station contains two Woolf compound beam engines built in 1868 by R & W Hawthorn. This shows the cylinders of one engine with the high pressure (27.5" x 5'4") to the right of the low pressure (45" x 8'). Also included is the lower valve chest with four Cornish drop valves and the hand starting levers for upper and lower valve chests. This arrangement is similar to that at Claymills Victorian Pumping Station.

An inverted vertical duplex steam feed pump by Joseph Evans of Wolverhampton, works No. 10465. The slide valve cylinders are 5" x 5" and the flywheel is 30" diameter. The frames around the connecting rods and cranks result in this type of pump being termed a 'banjo pump'.

This preserved waterworks has a pair of Woolf compound beam pumping engines built by R & W Hawthorn in 1868 and running until 1967. This shows the packing platform with the cylinder heads and parallel motion of both engine. Also seen are the upper valve chests with their Cornish drop valves. The cylinders are - high pressure 27.5" x 5' 4" and low pressure 45" x 8'. The engines used steam at 35 psi at the stop valve. The rods disappearing through a hole in the platform drive pumps in the staple wells with a 10' 8" stroke. The engines lifted in two stages with the pump at the crank end of the beam lifting water to a level 130' below the engine house and the staple well pump then completing the lift to the ground level reservoir. This maintained balance around the beam's centre.

This preserved waterworks has a pair of Woolf compound beam pumping engines built by R & W Hawthorn in 1868 and running until 1967. This shows the packing platform with the cylinder heads and parallel motion of one engine. Also seen is the upper valve chest with its Cornish drop valves. The cylinders are - high pressure 27.5" x 5' 4" and low pressure 45" x 8'. The engines used steam at 35 psi at the stop valve. The rod on the right disappearing through a hole in the platform drives a pump in the staple well with a 10' 8" stroke. The engines lifted in two stages with the pump at the crank end of the beam lifting water to a level 130' below the engine house and the staple well pump then completing the lift to the ground level reservoir. This maintained balance around the beam's centre.