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 Gallery above the engine allows visitors to watch it all unfold below them4098 viewsLargest Steam Engine in Cheshire back in steam
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 Bright work beautifully polished for the occasion4042 views
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 crowd gathers in anticipation3831 viewsLargest Steam Engine in Cheshire, 1st public run on Friday 23rd September 2011. First time in over 50 years.
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 side view of the Stott mill engine3777 views
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 original lubricators3459 views
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 Geoff welcomes invited crowd before 1st ever public running3435 viewsLargest Steam Engine in Cheshire
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 platform fitted to allow closer inspection of engine3387 views
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 Geoff Baker double checks everything is ready3373 views1st public running of Largest Steam Engine in Cheshire
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 Walter Higgenbotham, Mayor of Cheshire East and Mayor of Poynton3344 viewsrelax and discuss the engine after its inaugral run
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 view of the flywheel on the Stott mill engine3343 viewsthis engine has been lovingly restored by our volunteers and will be run "in steam" in September 2011
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 Geoff gives a brief history of where the engine came from 3333 viewsStott Engine facts:
• Built by SS Stott in 1903
• Horizontal cross compound engine
• Cylinders 12.5 inches and 22 inches by three inches
• Flywheel 10 foot in diameter with a weight of 10 tons
• HP Corliss Valves, LP Slide Valves
• Indicated horsepower 200-250hp
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 made by one of our volunteers3331 viewsas these were missing replacements were made copying a pattern one of the volunteers had noticed at another museum
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