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Posted: 20 Jul 2022

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Strumpshaw •
Strumpshaw Steam Museum •
Norfolk 2022 •
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Croydon •
Addington •
Thames Water •
Beam Engine •

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ssm - Beam Engine

ssm - Beam Engine
This was running on compressed air during our visit. Majestic !

Built in 1893 as the second or south engine at Addington [Croydon] by Glenfield & Kennedy of Kilmarnock, as a mirrored pair to the original Easton, Anderson & Goolden {sp ?}.

Pumping capacity 1.5 million gallons of water a day at 72 gallons per stroke, using 4 tons of coal. The engine weighs 100 tons, the flywheel is 18ft in diameter.

Donated by Thames Water, which was arranged by the late George Rickard [the driver at Addington] who restarted it after installation at Strumpshaw. His family still maintain and run the engine.
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I had a very small input to the rescue and restoration of the Crofton Beam Engines at the pumping station on the Kennet & Avon Canal in my distant youth, so I have a soft spot for such things. The Beam Engine at Ryhope, near Sunderland, is the nearest to my home these days.
21 months ago.

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