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[[Image:Im20101014BCM-Dunston2.jpg|thumb| Exhibit at the [[Black Country Living Museum]]. ]] | [[Image:Im20101014BCM-Dunston2.jpg|thumb| Exhibit at the [[Black Country Living Museum]]. ]] | ||
[[Image:Marine Engr 01.jpg|thumb|Archer’s patent steering gear]] | [[Image:Marine Engr 01.jpg|thumb|Archer’s patent steering gear]] | ||
[[Image:Im1872EnV33-p255.jpg|thumb| 1872. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im1872EnV34-p020.jpg|thumb| 1872. ]] | [[Image:Im1872EnV34-p020.jpg|thumb| 1872. ]] | ||
[[image:Im1872EV14-p033.jpg |thumb|1872. Combined Stone Breaker and Steam Road Roller. ]] | [[image:Im1872EV14-p033.jpg |thumb|1872. Combined Stone Breaker and Steam Road Roller. ]] | ||
[[image:Im1875ev20-p475.jpg|thumb| 1875.]] | |||
of Dunston-on-Tyne | of of Dunston-on-Tyne, maker of stationary engines<ref>Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10 | ||
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1872 'A road steamer invented by Messrs. Archer and Hall was made in 1872 by the Dunston Engine Works Company, Gateshead-on-Tyne, the chief feature of which was the chain armour placed round the india-rubber tyres of the driving wheels. The two cylinders 7 in. diameter, and 10 in. stroke were placed beneath the boiler barrel. The crankshaft, countershaft, and axle were carried on an independent frame of wrought-iron plates extending from end to end of the engine. The feed water was carried in a saddle tank placed above the boiler barrel; and the whole engine was mounted upon springs, so arranged that under all circumstances and conditions, the spur gearing never altered its relation to the several pitch circles.' <ref>Steam Locomotion on Common Roads by William Fletcher. Published 1891. </ref> | 1872 'A road steamer invented by Messrs. Archer and Hall was made in 1872 by the Dunston Engine Works Company, Gateshead-on-Tyne, the chief feature of which was the chain armour placed round the india-rubber tyres of the driving wheels. The two cylinders 7 in. diameter, and 10 in. stroke were placed beneath the boiler barrel. The crankshaft, countershaft, and axle were carried on an independent frame of wrought-iron plates extending from end to end of the engine. The feed water was carried in a saddle tank placed above the boiler barrel; and the whole engine was mounted upon springs, so arranged that under all circumstances and conditions, the spur gearing never altered its relation to the several pitch circles.' <ref>Steam Locomotion on Common Roads by William Fletcher. Published 1891. </ref> | ||
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of of Dunston-on-Tyne, maker of stationary engines[1], stone-Breaking Machinery, ships' steering gear (see 1907 illustration)
1872 'A road steamer invented by Messrs. Archer and Hall was made in 1872 by the Dunston Engine Works Company, Gateshead-on-Tyne, the chief feature of which was the chain armour placed round the india-rubber tyres of the driving wheels. The two cylinders 7 in. diameter, and 10 in. stroke were placed beneath the boiler barrel. The crankshaft, countershaft, and axle were carried on an independent frame of wrought-iron plates extending from end to end of the engine. The feed water was carried in a saddle tank placed above the boiler barrel; and the whole engine was mounted upon springs, so arranged that under all circumstances and conditions, the spur gearing never altered its relation to the several pitch circles.' [2]
1897 Beam engine for winding at Oswald Colliery, Craghead, Nr Stanley, Co Durham. Cylinder 32" x 6'. Piston valve. Photographed by George Watkins in 1953. Last of four similar engines made by Dunston[3]