2013

SJ8397 : Museum of Science & Industry - beam engine

taken 11 years ago, near to Rusholme, Manchester, England

Museum of Science & Industry - beam engine
Museum of Science & Industry - beam engine
A six column tank-bed beam engine built in 1846 by Peel, Williams & Peel of Salford and used at Thomas Redfern, file makers. Stockport. It was latterly displayed at the Lancashire textile museum, Helmshore. The slide valve cylinder is 12" x 20". the flywheels is 9' diameter and the beam is 5' 6" between end centres.

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts City, Town centre other tags: Beam Engine MOSI Steam Engine (Preserved) Steam Engine Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Beam Engines in the UK Automatic Clusters: · Museum of Science [253] Other Photos: · MOSI - Peel, Williams & Peel of Salford beam engine ·
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Chris Allen   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 20 July, 2013   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 20 July, 2013
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8318 9786 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:28.6316N 2:15.2937W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8318 9786
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