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A rather over enthusiastic steam machine doing it's best to hide King Edward 11 inside Didcot MPD. A Timeline Events photo charter.
Abandoned steam machine inside a boiler room.
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La locomotiva a vapore a cremagliera a scartamento ridotto dotata di 2 assili di trazione rispetto ai 3 totali, è qui ripresa in prossimità della stazione "Generoso Vetta".
La vaporiera, prodotta nel 1890 dalla SLM Winterthur, risulta essere la macchina più vecchia ancora funzionante della Svizzera
Ir. D. F. Woudagemaal stoomgemaal (1928) in Lemmer Nederland.Het grootste nog functionerende stoomgemaal ter wereld.
The largest functioning steam water pumping station in the world
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Das ist die noch immer funktionsfähige "Dampfmaschine" der Blümlisalp. Mittlerweile wird sie nicht mehr mit Kohle betrieben sondern mit Oel. Das Fahrgefühl mit einem Schaufelraddampfer ist unbeschreiblich.
Ganz andere Vibrations.
Ir. D. F. Woudagemaal stoomgemaal (1928) in Lemmer Nederland.Het grootste nog functionerende stoomgemaal ter wereld.
The largest functioning steam water pumping station in the world
I saw this control panel at the London Museum of Water & Steam. I think, with the reference to Hathorn Davey on the counter, that this is on the Hathorn Davey triple expansion engine.
Compared with many of the other operating steam engines in the museum, this is of fairly modern design, representing the most common type of pumping engine built for waterworks after about 1900.
The triple expansion engine is seen as an intermediary stage in the development between earlier beam engines and the later internal combustion engines.
The Hathorn Davey example at the museum could pump 6.3 million litres of water in 24 hours. It last worked in 1964 but was returned to steam power for demonstration purposes in 1980.
La locomotiva a vapore matricola 05 del GRuppo 240 di proprietà di FerrovieNord s.p.a. è qui ripresa a Sulzano (BS) impegnata ad effettuare un treno speciale in occasione della consacrazione a "Vetta Sacra della Patria" del massiccio dell'Adamello nel centenario della fine della Prima Guerra Mondiale
This close-up looks at some of the fittings and pipework on the front of the Maudsley Engine.
The engine was the first beam engine built for the Kew Bridge water works and began pumping in 1838. It was extensively rebuilt at various points during its working life and little of the original remains.
The engine was built originally by Maudslay, Sons and Field of Lambeth, who were better known as marine engineers. The engine was later converted to work on the Cornish cycle in 1848 by Samuel Homersham.
In 1888, the beam cracked and half of it was replaced with a substantially-thicker substitute which is clearly visible today.
'Cornish engines' is a reference to the operating cycle of single-cylinder steam-powered beam engines. The main characteristic is that pumping is done by a falling weight which is lifted by the engine. The weight is above the pump, which is linked to a beam, with the piston attached at the opposite end of the beam. The weight is lifted by a combination of steam pressure above, and vacuum below, the piston.
During the pumping stroke, as the weight falls, the piston returns to the top of the cylinder because an equilibrium valve opens to allow steam to pass from above to below the piston. All of this means that the speed of the engine's movement varies during the cycle.
The Maudsley engine has a cylinder diameter of 1.65m and a stroke of 2.4m The beam weighs 20.2 tonnes. Water output is 590 litres per stroke, or eight million litres in 24 hours.
The engine last worked in 1943 but was returned to steam operation for demonstration purposes in 1985.
Steam Wars continues.
My contribution to the contest on FBTB is an alternate Version of the iconic AT-TE from Star Wars.
Thank you very much Markus for the editing of this photo.
Lors du premier voyage de la 231g558 du PVC, après une longue immobilisation, il fallait immortaliser l’événement ! Retour à Achères pour le retournement de la machine à vapeur, avec l'aide de l'AAAPSL et de leur BB 17016.
The Hathorn Davey Triple Expansion engine above, can be seen at the London Museum of Water and Steam, which is in Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, just north-west of Kew Bridge.
It represents the most common type of pumping engine built for waterworks after about 1900. It is usually considered to be an intermediary stage in development between beam engines and internal combustion engines. The cylinders are inverted and placed in a line directly over the crankshaft in much the same way as a modern car engine.
The idea for using such engines in waterworks came from the United States in around 1880 and soon gained popularity. This one was built in Leeds in 1910 by Hathorn Davey & Co. and was previously in service in a pumping station at Newmarket in Suffolk. The engine was donated to the museum by the Anglian Water Authority.
The Triple drove its pumps from extensions to the piston rods - in this case four smaller rods can be seen on each cross-head driving down into the sump of the engine. Due to headroom restrictions, the pumps are no longer fitted to this engine.
The three cylinders are 12, 20 and 31 inches in diameter and have a stroke of 30 inches. The flywheels are 16 feet in diameter. Water output is 1,000 gallons a minute or 1.4 million gallons a day. The engine produces 180 hp at 32 rpm. It last worked in 1964, and was returned to steam in 1980.
The Kew Bridge Engines Trust and Water Supply Museum Limited, a registered charity, was formed in 1973 with three primary aims: a) to restore to steam the five historic beam engines at the former Grand Junction Water Works Company's Kew Bridge Pumping Station; b) add other important water pumping engines; c) establish a museum of London's water supply.
Now the London Museum of Water and Steam, it has restored four of the five Cornish steam pumping engines, the earliest dating back to 1820, which were built for the pumping station supplying water to West London until 1944. These colossal engines make up the largest single group of their type in the world. It has also collected and restored other types of water pumping machinery including steam and internal combustion engines and a waterwheel, and has built and now operates the waterworks steam railway, which demonstrates the important role railways played within the industry.
On most days, one or more of the 13 main engines are in steam, demonstrating how they once worked, although occasionally technical problems will mean steamless days.
This is an 1820 Boulton and Watt engine that was built at the Soho Foundry, Birmingham, after the death of James Watt. It was moved to Kew Bridge in 1840, where it became part of the Grand Junction Waterworks Company's Chelsea works. It was converted in 1848 to work on a Cornish cycle, using higher pressure steam than originally.
Today, the Boulton and Watt engine is the oldest in London's Museum of Water and Steam, which is in Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, just north-west of Kew Bridge. It is believed to be the oldest working waterworks beam engine in the world.
The engine had ceased working in 1943 before being restored to working order in 1975. The sump has proven popular with wildlife, with fish and crabs making their homes there!
The cylinder diameter is 1.62m and it has a stroke of 2.4m. The beam weighs 15.1 tonnes and it produces a water output per stroke of 590 litres, and at 6-6½ strokes per minute its daily output is eight million litres.