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in Wavertree, Liverpool.
1868 Description of the Dudlow Lane Extention of the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks, with drawings of the Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell pumping engine[1]
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[2]
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