File:Leawood Pumphouse In Steam - geograph.org.uk - 17554.jpg
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English: Leawood Pumphouse In Steam. Leawood Pumphouse on Cromford Canal Derbyshire. A Specification of the pump is listed below.
Steam Piston - fifty inches in diameter with a nine foot six inch stroke, single acting; Cornish cycle with unusual valve gear. The timing is controlled by the Equilibrium valve operated by a Dashpot. Beam - thirty three feet long on a twelve inch diameter axle, equal on both sides weighing twenty seven tons; Watts parallel motion at either end. Plunger - fifty six inches in diameter, weighs 15 tons; two double beat Equilibrium valves to stop the water flowing back to the river and pump chamber. Boilers - two Midland Railway loco type producing 40 PSI; dated 1900 (not the original boilers); installed after Midland Railway ownership. Boiler water feed pump - inverted vertical banjo feed pump; unusual that for its size it has a flywheel. Supplies canal water to the boilers to make steam. |
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| Author | Rob Bradford |
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