Recently I finished building a St Helens Steam Engine. The orginal engine was built in 1880 and was installed at Kirkby England. The full size engine was a compound with a high pressure cylinder of 32 inches and a low pressure cylinder of 60 inches. The stroke was 6 feet. I bought the castings and drawings from a German company called Steam of Steel.
Lothar Matrian, St Helens Steam Engine
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And you didn't tell us you were building it. For Shame! Could you tell us a bit more about it? It looks so intricate. Do you have any fotos of the build?
As a member of a Wigan family, I should call it "An engine from That Place".. But Rugby politics aside it is a work of art.
Well done! - it looks like a proper job! Well finished.
What is the history of the engine in "that place"? (Original makers were there perhaps?) And when in use I guess it was driving a water pump or something? - No reversing gear?
I worked around Prescot and Kirkby for 7 years but have not heard of this engine. But so close to Liverpool it could have been pumping drainage water from the flat marshlands thereabouts, or out of mine workings? - But maybe for the Liverpool water supply?
Do tell.
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Well done! - it looks like a proper job! Well finished.
What is the history of the engine in "that place"? (Original makers were there perhaps?) And when in use I guess it was driving a water pump or something? - No reversing gear?
I worked around Prescot and Kirkby for 7 years but have not heard of this engine. But so close to Liverpool it could have been pumping drainage water from the flat marshlands thereabouts, or out of mine workings? - But maybe for the Liverpool water supply?
Do tell.
K2
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