1986

NZ3631 : Compressor engine, Fishburn Coking Works

taken 39 years ago, near to Fishburn, County Durham, England

Compressor engine, Fishburn Coking Works
Compressor engine, Fishburn Coking Works
A Belliss & Morcom steam engine direct coupled to a Belliss & Morcom coke oven gas compressor. Built c1952, stopped 1986 and believe scrapped 1987. A whole load of these were installed in coke works in the north-east in the mid-1950s. All now gone.

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Category: Steam engines
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Coke Works [4] · Gas Compressor [2] · Oven [2] ·
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NZ3631, 18 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Allen   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 2 November, 1986   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 13 February, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 360 316 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:40.6909N 1:26.5929W
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