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Revision as of 07:53, 26 August 2015
of Long Ashton, Bristol
Owned by the Ashton Vale Iron Co
1901 Still using a Newcomen engine [1]. The engine was described in 'Engineering', 30 October 1903 (see illustrations). The engine had a trussed oak beam, 4ft deep, 24 ft long. Cylinder 5 ft 6" dia, max stroke 8 ft. It was thought that the cylinder was most likely to have been made by the Coalbrookdale Co. The engine worked three pumps, which together lifted water from the 750 ft deep shaft. Indicated at 52 HP in 1895 when working at 10 strokes per min, 6 ft stroke, at 2 - 3 psi boiler pressure. The engine was thought to have been made c.1750-60. The engine driver in the photo was described as 'an old man', whose father and grandfather had driven the engine before him. The photographs were taken in 1895.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Fielden’s Magazine Vol 4