1991

TA0429 : Cornish beam engine, Springhead

taken 33 years ago, near to Anlaby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Cornish beam engine, Springhead
Cornish beam engine, Springhead
The large corrugated drum is the balance weight. This incorporates a water tank so that the weight can be varied for pumping to different heads.

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Category: Steam engines
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Beam Engines in the UK Galleries: · The Stationary Steam Engine · Waterworks Pumping Stations with Steam Engines Automatic Clusters: · Cornish Beam Pumping Engine [19] ·
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TA0429, 239 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Allen   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 1 June, 1991   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 6 March, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TA 041 294 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:45.0555N 0:25.2930W
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