Stationary Steam Engines
Pictures taken by the late Jim Sharrocks, a former Works Engineer for CPA at Strines, of the vertical steam engine power generators. The Print Works used steam and hot water for the printing and dying process, so the steam engines were in use from installation in the 1920s until the works closed. Most power was DC to power the machines, but one set has been converted to AC when more modern motor contollers were introduced. The engines were 2 cylinder compounds, and ran in near silence, in sharp contrast to the Mirrlees Diesels that I was working with
Stationary Steam Engines
Pictures taken by the late Jim Sharrocks, a former Works Engineer for CPA at Strines, of the vertical steam engine power generators. The Print Works used steam and hot water for the printing and dying process, so the steam engines were in use from installation in the 1920s until the works closed. Most power was DC to power the machines, but one set has been converted to AC when more modern motor contollers were introduced. The engines were 2 cylinder compounds, and ran in near silence, in sharp contrast to the Mirrlees Diesels that I was working with