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[[Image:JD Reel Fitz01Copy.jpg|thumb|5 ft diameter piston of Newcomen-type engine]]
[[Image:JD Reel Fitz02Copy.jpg|thumb|Fitz fist: This provided the connection between the piston rod and the chain which worked the rocking beam]]
Near Bridgefoot, Cumbria
Near Bridgefoot, Cumbria


* Excavations revealed several pieces of a large Newcomen engine, instaled in 1779. The mine was abandoned in 1781. <ref>'The Beam Engine' by T E Crowley, Senecio Publishing Company Ltd. ISBN 0 906831 02 4</ref>. The items are now on display at [[Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry]]
Excavations revealed several pieces of a large [[Newcomen Engine|Newcomen-type engine]], installed in 1779. The mine was abandoned in 1781. <ref>'The Beam Engine' by T E Crowley, Senecio Publishing Company Ltd. ISBN 0 906831 02 4</ref>. Two items are on display at [[Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry]] (see photos)


== See Also ==
== See Also ==
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[[Category: Colliery]]
[[Category: Colliery]]
[[Category: Stationary Steam Engines]]

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5 ft diameter piston of Newcomen-type engine
Fitz fist: This provided the connection between the piston rod and the chain which worked the rocking beam

Near Bridgefoot, Cumbria

Excavations revealed several pieces of a large Newcomen-type engine, installed in 1779. The mine was abandoned in 1781. [1]. Two items are on display at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry (see photos)

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  1. ↑ 'The Beam Engine' by T E Crowley, Senecio Publishing Company Ltd. ISBN 0 906831 02 4
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