Hydraulic Pumping Engine

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Hydraulic pumping engine, including instrument panel, made by Galloways Ltd, Manchester, 1909. 188 horsepower. The engine was converted from steam to electric drive by the Hydraulic Engineering Co. in 1927.

Between 1894 and 1972, businesses across Manchester city centre powered machines using high pressure water, supplied by a 35-mile network of strong iron pipes hidden beneath the streets. At the turn of a tap, customers used high pressure water to power machinery, from passenger lifts to warehouse cranes.

The first pumping station opened in 1894 was at Whitworth Street. This municipal source of power was successful and demand was high. To meet the growing demand new power stations were built at Pott Street (1899) and Water Street (1909). This engine worked at the Water Street pumping station, which is now the home of the People’s History Museum. The pumping engines were steam powered at first, but converted to electricity in the 1920s.

Manchester’s hydraulic power system was most popular in the late 1920s. A peak of 600 customers included the Midland Hotel, Royal Exchange and Manchester cathedral.

With accompanying papers in the museum archive, consisting of: 1 bound photographic record of the rebuilding and rehousing of the engine; a group of 5 black & white photographs showing the engine at Water Street Pumping Station; 2 interpretation panels; 110 engineering drawings relating to the construction, maintenance and modification of the engine throughout its working life.

Details

Category:
Pumping Machinery
Object Number:
Y2002.21
Materials:
cast iron
Measurements:
overall: 15 m x 14 m x 14 m,
type:
hydraulic pumping engine
credit:
Gift of University of Salford

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Hydraulic Pumping Engine

Hydraulic pumping engine, including instrument panel, made by W. J. Galloway & Sons, Manchester, c.1909, and converted to electric drive by the Hydraulic Engineering Co. in 1927, with accompanying papers consisting of: 1 bound photographic record of the rebuilding and rehousing of the engine; a group of 5 black & white photographs showing the engine at Water Street Pumping Station; 2 interpretation panels; 110 engineering drawings relating to the construction, maintenance and modification of the engine throughout its working life.

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Made by Galloways Ltd in Manchester, this engine was installed in the new Water Street hydraulic pumping station in 1909 and remained in use until 1972. Manchester's three hydraulic pumping stations supplied power to business customers within the city centre. This type of large steam engine pumped water under extremely high pressure through a network of cast-iron pipes, which ran under the streets.

The hydraulic system in Manchester operated from 1895 to 1972. At the height of its use in the 1920s, there were 600 consumers and 35 miles of pipework. Hydraulic power was used to operate lifts, hoists and presses in warehouses, small workshops and buildings across the city. It even wound the Town Hall clock, pumped the Cathedral organ and raised the safety curtain at the Palace Theatre.

The Water Street pumping station is now the People's History Museum.

Measurements:
overall: 15 m x 14 m x 14 m,
Materials:
cast iron
Object Number:
Y2002.21/1
type:
hydraulic pumping engine
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Instrument panel for hydraulic pumping engine

Instrument panel for hydraulic pumping engine

Instrument panel for hydraulic pumping engine, made by W. J. Galloway & Sons, Manchester, 1909.

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From 1894 to 1972, Manchester had a hydraulic (high pressure water) power network. This instrument panel is for a hydraulic pumping engine installed at the Water Street pumping station in 1909.

Measurements:
overall: 1135 mm x 1280 mm x 160 mm, 55 kg
Materials:
wood , brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass
Object Number:
Y2002.21/2
type:
instrument panel
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