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Related Links.
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Bancroft Mill Engine Trust
- Main feature is the Bancroft Mill Engine, housed in its original building, built 1920 by William Roberts & Son, Nelson. A twin cylinder, cross compound, Corliss valve engine, having a 16ft. rope wheel. In its heyday produced around 600 IHP to drive 1250 cotton looms.
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Ellenroad Engine House
- 'Victoria and Alexandra', a twin-tandem, compound engine, housed in its original engine house, which was part of a large cotton ring-spinning mill.
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Ancient Steam Engines
- Working models of early steam engines.
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Haigh Colliery and Mining Museum, Whitehaven, Cumbria
- Coal mining and colliery winding engines, built by Beaver and Dawley of Bradford (Bever Dorling).
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International Stationary Steam Engine Society
- A society dedicated to the preservation of stationary steam engines.
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Kelham Island Museum
- The Mighty River Don Steam Engine, a huge 12,000HP engine originally powered a steel rolling mill in Sheffield.
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Kew Bridge Steam Museum, Brentford, Middlesex
- Houses nine pumping engines of various types and designs, including a 1846, 90ins Cornish beam engine, reputed to be the largest working beam engine in the world.
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Northern Mill Engine Society
- Details and pictures of the Society's extensive collection at Bolton.
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Old Engine House, Norfolk, England
- An excellent web site devoted to the stationary steam engine.
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Papplewick Pumping Station
- Working examples of Victorian pumping engines. The main building houses two massive beam engines, built by James Watt & Co. of Soho Works.
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Ryhope Engine Museum, Sunderland
- Two double-acting, rotative beam engines preserved in their original pumping house.
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Stationary Steam Engines and Aviation Preservation
- John Davidson's web site on his interests in stationary steam engines and aviation.
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Stationary Steam Engine Websites Website
- An extensive database of stationary steam engine websites worldwide, put together by Fred Crammond. At present there are listed around 400 sites from 28 diferent countries. Well worth a visit.
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Steam Engine Library
- A collection of historical documents relating to the history of the steam engine.
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Steam Engines of the 18th Century
- Descriptions, pictures and models of the very earliest steam engines, by David H Hulse.
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Tees Cottage Pumping Station
- A Victorian waterworks in Darlington (North East of England). It has two original pumping engines in full working order. One is a two-cylinder compound steam beam engine. The other is a two cylinder gas engine, both driving their original pumps.
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The Development of Steam Engines for Pumping
- History before and after James Watt. Some animated examples of atmospheric engines.
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Twyford Waterworks Trust
- A working 1914 Hathorn Davey triple expansion, Corliss valve, steam engine in its original engine house. Also the oldest known working example of a 1916 Babcock Wilcox watertube boiler in its original boiler house.
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Westonzoyland Pumping Station, Somerset
- A collection of stationary steam engines, including an 1861 Easton & Amos pumping engine in its original engine house.
Model Engineering.
Model Engineering Clearing House
- Contains most topics dealing with model engineering. Lost Model Directory. Book Store. Discussion Groups etc.
Southworth Engines
- produce and supply a range of castings and drawings for model steam stationary engines. Their range includes: horizontal engines, boiler feed pumps, tapping tool, aluminium chequer plate, 'O' rings etc.
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