1983
TL6745 : Chauntry Mills, steam engine
taken 41 years ago, near to Haverhill, Suffolk, England
Chauntry Mills, steam engine
This is the cylinder end of the 1879 Hick, Hargreaves & Co Corliss engine. The Spencer & Inglis patent double clip trip gear is in the centre. Above the cylinder is the main stop valve (always stop and never a start valve) with the James Tate patent electric stop motion. This shuts off steam if an emergency stop button is pressed in the mill. A common device but given how long it takes an engine like this to stop any victim would only be slightly less mangled than if they didn't bother.
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