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1868 Description of the Dudlow Lane Extension of the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks, with drawings of the [[Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell]] pumping engine<ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Special:MemberUsers?file=b/b6/Er18680110.pdf] The Engineer 10 Jan 1868, p.25 & 26</ref> | 1868 Description of the Dudlow Lane Extension of the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks, with drawings of the [[Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell]] pumping engine<ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Special:MemberUsers?file=b/b6/Er18680110.pdf] The Engineer 10 Jan 1868, p.25 & 26</ref> | ||
1886 Tender. "Messrs. [[Sampson, Moor and Co]]., for the supply of a new steel piston rod for the "Thomas Duncan" engine, at Dudlow-lane pumping station, at the price of £24 6s. (the old piston rod to became their property)"<ref>Liverpool Mercury - Thursday 04 February 1886</ref> | 1886 Tender. "Messrs. [[Sampson Moore and Co|Sampson, Moor and Co]]., for the supply of a new steel piston rod for the "Thomas Duncan" engine, at Dudlow-lane pumping station, at the price of £24 6s. (the old piston rod to became their property)"<ref>Liverpool Mercury - Thursday 04 February 1886</ref> | ||
George Watkins photographed the engine in 1935. He recorded that it worked at 34 rpm with steam at 60psi, raising water from a well 230 ft deep and raising it 180ft. The engine was scrapped in 1947<ref>'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Vol 3.2: Lancashire, by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing, 1996, Plate 9</ref> | George Watkins photographed the engine in 1935. He recorded that it worked at 34 rpm with steam at 60psi, raising water from a well 230 ft deep and raising it 180ft. The engine was scrapped in 1947<ref>'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Vol 3.2: Lancashire, by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing, 1996, Plate 9</ref> | ||
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in Wavertree, Liverpool.
1868 Description of the Dudlow Lane Extension of the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks, with drawings of the Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell pumping engine[1]
1886 Tender. "Messrs. Sampson, Moor and Co., for the supply of a new steel piston rod for the "Thomas Duncan" engine, at Dudlow-lane pumping station, at the price of £24 6s. (the old piston rod to became their property)"[2]
George Watkins photographed the engine in 1935. He recorded that it worked at 34 rpm with steam at 60psi, raising water from a well 230 ft deep and raising it 180ft. The engine was scrapped in 1947[3]
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