MISCELLANEOUS ENGINES & PUMPS etc.

Burton
A single cylinder horizontal engine, 6ins bore by 9ins stroke, 54ins diameter flywheel. Speed controlled by a Pickering governor. This engine came from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was used in their Mechanical Engineering Dept where students would obtain indicator diagrams from the engine, at various speeds and steam pressures, in order to calculate the brake horse power.

George Mills & Co., Radcliffe, circa 1926
A reciprocating steam pump, described as a duplex hydrant pump. The steam cylinders are 9ins diameter and pump cylinders 6ins diameter, sharing the same common piston rod. A disc crank provides the 12ins stroke. (History of the pump is unknown).

Joseph Evans & Sons, Wolverhampton, No.25630
A reciprocating steam pump, having a steam cylinder diameter of 6ins and pump cylinder diameter of 4ins, sharing a common piston rod. A banjo type crank provides the 6ins stroke. (History of the pump is unknown).

Marshall & Sons, Gainsborough, No.77243
A single cylinder horizontal engine, 9ins bore by 12ins stroke, 54ins diameter flywheel. Speed is controlled by a Pickering type governor. (History of the engine is unknown).

The museum has adapted this engine to drive a three throw ram pump, which was originally driven by Agnes to provide water for her condenser/air pump.
The pump has 3 rams of 5ins diameter and a 10ins throw (stroke), driven by a 30ins diameter flat belt pulley through a 4:1 reduction gear train.

Model Tandem Compound Condensing Mill Engine
On Loan from Bradford Industrial Museum - on the 12th of March 2003
Made by W. H. Smith of 'Brookfield' Bingley in 1928.
Presented to Bingley Library in 1944 and loaned to the Bradford Industrial Museum in 1974.

Although described as a model, its size is quite big.
Details of the engine:
Cylinders: H.P. diameter 3"; L.P. diameter 4" and Stroke 8."
Operated by Corliss valves.
Steam pressure: 90 psi; Speed: 98 r.p.m.; Vacuum: 25 ins.; Power: 2.25 Shaft.H.P.
Flywheel: 30ins. diameter.
Name: 'Henrietta'

Robey & Co., Lincoln, No.27733
A typical single cylinder horizontal engine, of which numerous would have been manufactured to drive a variety machinery in small workshops and factories etc.
It has a 6ins. bore and 9ins stroke with a flywheel diameter of 42ins. The engine speed is controlled by a belt driven Pickering governor.
This engine has been adapted by the museum to drive an overhead crank ram pump.

This pump was made by John Thom of Patricroft, Eccles, near Manchester and was installed in the Tong Dyeing Company works at Middleton Way near Rochdale.
Ram Diameter - 4¾ins. Stroke - 2ft.
It provided a source of water, which was used for bleaching and dyeing cotton cloth, brought in from the local mills. In 1987 the pump and headgear was saved and subsequently refurbished by the apprentices of Rochdale Training Association. It was then put on display in the Wheatsheaf Centre, Rochdale in 1990

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