1983

SP3433 : Hook Norton Brewery - steam engine

taken 40 years ago, near to Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England

Hook Norton Brewery - steam engine
Hook Norton Brewery - steam engine
In 1983 this engine was still regularly powering the brewery machinery but is now only used for demonstration. It is a horizontal single cylinder engine built 1899 by Buxton & Thornley of Burton-on-Trent. The cylinder is c10" x 22" and it is fitted with drop inlet (steam) valves with the governor operating variable cut-off. The exhaust valves are of the semirotary (or Corliss) type. The flywheel is 7' diameter. The engine was rated at 25 horsepower at 110-115 rpm on steam at 80-100 psi. In the background are some of the pumps that it operated to move liquor around the brewery. The guarding had been moved to allow this photograph.

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Photographer
Chris Allen   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 22 October, 1983   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 18 January, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 3483 3328 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:59.8127N 1:29.6464W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 3483 3328
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Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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