1973

TQ3883 : West Ham Sewage Pumping Station - steam engines

taken 51 years ago, near to Stratford, Newham, England

West Ham Sewage Pumping Station - steam engines
West Ham Sewage Pumping Station - steam engines
In 2019 this site still contains two Lilleshall beam pumping engines but in 1973 it was also home to three inverted vertical compound engines driving centrifugal pumps. Two were by John Cochrane & Co of Barrhead and built in 1900. The third was second hand and possibly of German manufacture. The picture shows the two Cochrane engines. The cylinders were 20" & 33" x 24" stroke. The high pressure had a piston valve with variable cut-off under governor control and the low pressure had a Meyer expansion slide valve. They were of 274 horsepower.

The German engine was removed for preservation and was re-erected but subsequently was claimed to have moved to the north of England and its fate is unknown The two Cochranes were subsequently scrapped.

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Derelict, Disused Waste, Waste management Place: West Ham Primary Subject: Machinery other tags: Sewage Pumping Station Stationary Steam Engine Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Pumping Station [36] · West Ham [16] · Steam Engine [3] ·
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TQ3883, 290 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Hodrien   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 23 June, 1973   (more nearby)
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Wednesday, 28 August, 2019
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3898 8325 [10m precision]
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3898 8325
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