[modeleng] Re: Couplings Now O/T
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 06:11:45 -0800 (PST)
Youse guys sure are blessed to be able to have and to
see in operation these wonderful old machines!!
Al Messer
--- peter.chadwick@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> There is also the Crofton Beam Engines on the
> Kennet and Avon canal. The
> 1812 engine there is the oldest working steam engine
> in the world. The
> Birmingham museum claim that their engine from, I
> think, Ocker Hill, is the
> oldest, but it justs goes up and down - it doesn't
> actually work, while
> Crofton pumps water. When Crofton is in steam, the
> Waterways people shut
> off the electric pumps, so it really does work! The
> other engine there is a
> new one - 1846. Can't remember how much it shifts
> each stroke - I ueed to
> know. It takes about 25 minutes to shift enough
> water to fill a lock -
> about 65000 gallons.
>
> Several of the people who started the Kew collection
> came from Crofton,
> funnily enough. Crofton is also in very nice
> countryside - I had my wedding
> reception there.
>
> Peter Chadwick
> Swindon
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