StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Waddon

ssm - Waddon pump [1 of 2]

ssm - Waddon pump [1 of 2]

StoneRoad2013
20 Jul 2022 74
Built by Simpson of Newark and installed at Waddon in 1911. Horizontal [reciprocating] engine with a large [15ft ?] flywheel. Pumping capacity was 3 million gallons of water a day, switched off on 23rd June 1983.
ssm - Waddon pump [2 of 2]

ssm - Waddon pump [2 of 2]

StoneRoad2013
20 Jul 2022 1 84
After the 1983 switch off, this horizontal pump was acquired by Strumpshaw Museum. It was moved here in 1983 and running again - on compressed air - the following year [1984].
ssm - Waddon pump info

ssm - Waddon pump info

StoneRoad2013
20 Jul 2022 1 77
Detail of the information board for the Waddon engine. [next two images >>>]