Mill Engine by Burnley Ironworks Company

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700 HP horizontal cross compound mill engine with Corliss valves built by Burnley Ironworks in 1903 for Finsley View Mill, Harle Syke, Burnley

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The Burnley Mill Engine
The Mill Engine, manufactured by Burnley Ironworks Company, 1903

Mill Engine

1903
Original parts of governor drive [replaced to make governor run at designed speed with engine running slowly], as follows : bonnet, spindle, bevel gears, rope pulley

Original parts of governor drive

Front-end water box of air pump (broken in 1986) with 8 detached pieces, burst air pump bucket and 2 anti-vacuumm bonnets

Front-end water box of air pump

Length of 8" nom bore steam pipe approx. 2' radius made of steel welded construction with 8" riveted branch and welded flanges illustrates examples of joints and early welds

Length of 8" nom bore steam pipe

2 Boiler feed pumps, 2 pipe elbows and exhaust britches

2 Boiler feed pumps

Cleading boards for rope wheel and frame

Cleading boards for rope wheel and frame

2 holding down bolts for the engine

Holding Down Bolts

Six Cast Iron Vertical Handrail Supports

Six Cast Iron Vertical Handrail Supports

piston ring for the low pressure piston

piston ring for the low pressure piston

Three containers of bolts, nuts, screws, washers and small parts from the Mill engine

Three containers of bolts, nut, washers and small parts

Eight horizontal handrail bars, 1 1/8" diameter.

Horizontal handrail bars

Drip Tray from Mill Engine.

Drip Tray from Mill Engine

Copper tube 2 " diameter and 5' long from the Mill Engine.

Copper tube 2 " diameter and 5' long from the Mill Engine

Bundle of Fly Wheel parts of the Mill Engine.

Bundle of Fly Wheel parts of the Mill Engine

A No 4 type 1 1/2" shut off valve.

A No 4 type 1 1/2" shut off valve

Four Crane valves, cat. No. F 52, size 100, 2 way flanged valves,one with a 4" connected flanged tee.

Four Crane valves

Mill engine low pressure big end, upper part, by Burnley Ironworks Company, Burnley, Lancashire, England, 1903

Mill engine low pressure big end

1903
Mill engine low pressure big end, lower part, by Burnley Ironworks Company, Burnley, Lancashire, England, 1903

Mill engine low pressure big end

1903
Four pipes and a steel rod. Pipe 1 is 42mm diameter and 610mm long. Pipe 2 is 42mm diameter and 575mm long with one threaded end fitted with a 80mm hex nut. Pipe 3 is 42mm diameter and 290mm long with one threaded end. Pipe 4 is Copper 22mm diameter and 835mm long. The steel rod is 17mm diameter and 430mm long with a knob formed at one end as a hand grip.

Four pipes and a steel rod

4 coils of cotton driving rope

4 coils of cotton driving rope

A working model steam engine used for demonstrating to the Mill Engine Operatives the main points of the engine's operation.

Model steam engine

Spare nib for the low-pressure front-end cylinder trip gear and component belonging to the injection cock from the 700 HP horizontal cross compound mill engine, by Burnley Ironworks Company, Burnley, England, 1903

Spare nib and component from the mill engine

1903
Steel square-head bolt, with hex nut and washer, from the 700 HP horizontal cross compound mill engine, by Burnley Ironworks Company, Burnley, Lancashire, England, 1903

Steel square-head bolt

1903
Forced lubrication mount from the 700 HP horizontal cross compound mill engine, by Burnley Ironworks Company, Burnley, England, 1903

Forced lubrication mount from the mill engine

1903
Six long bars, screw threaded either ends, fixed with bolts. Five bars also have five washers on them whilst the other one has two washers. Part of the 700 HP horizontal cross compound mill engine with Corliss valves built by Burnley Ironworks in 1903 for Finsley View Mill, Harle Syke, Burnley

Six Iron Bars with Screw Ends and Bolts

1903

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Details

Category:
Motive Power
Object Number:
1971-78
Measurements:
est.: length 30 ft
est.: width 15 ft
flywheel, est.: diameter 16 ft
low pressure cylinder: diameter 35 in
stroke, low pressure cylinder: length 54 in
high pressure cylinder: diameter 17 in
stroke, high pressure cylinder: length 54 in
type:
engines
credit:
Finsley View Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

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