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The Waterworks Museum (2), Hereford, Herefordshire, England

The Simpson Beam Engine, Waterworks Museum, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, Great Britain

The Waterworks Museum, Hereford.

This Beam Engine was built in 1851 to a Simpson design specifically developed for waterworks use. This museum has one of the widest ranges of operating pumping engines in the UK.

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The Lancashire Boiler, Waterworks Museum, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, Great Britain

The Waterworks Museum, Hereford.

Lancashire Boilers are derived from the Cornish boiler and have tubular metal furnaces passing through a horizontal cylindrical water space with external multiple pass flues. This boiler is about 7.5 feet in diameter.

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Varoius Exhibits, Waterworks Museum, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, Great Britain

The Waterworks Museum, Hereford. Various exhibits in the modern extension, Waterworks Museum, Hereford

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The Wilson-Hartnell dynamo, Waterworks Museum, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, Great Britain

The Waterworks Museum, Hereford.

Originally sited at the Refuse Destructor Works of Barry Urban District Council, Glamorgan, the Wilson-Hartnell dynamo was driven by a Tangye steam engine. The dynamo provided power for the destructor works and a local school. At the Museum the dynamo is driven from the National Gas engine visible beyond the dynamo. Its output is 110V DC.

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