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Mill Engine by Burnley Ironworks Company

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

Mill Engine by Burnley Ironworks Company

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The Mill Engine, manufactured by Burnley Ironworks Company, 1903

Mill Engine

1903

piston ring for the low pressure piston

piston ring for the low pressure piston

Six Cast Iron Vertical Handrail Supports

Six Cast Iron Vertical Handrail Supports

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

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

2 Boiler feed pumps, 2 pipe elbows and exhaust britches

2 Boiler feed pumps

2 holding down bolts for the engine

Holding Down Bolts

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

15 bolts from cleading boards for rope wheel and frame

15 Bolts from Cleading Boards

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

Mill engine low pressure big end

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

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

Cleading boards for rope wheel and frame

Cleading boards for rope wheel and frame

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

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

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

Horizontal handrail bars

Drip Tray from Mill Engine.

Drip Tray from Mill Engine

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

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

Mill engine low pressure big end

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

HP Lube Cap (2 of 2) from the 700 HP horizontal cross compound mill engine with Corliss valves built by Burnley Ironworks in 1903 for Finsley View Mill, Harle Syke, Burnley

HP Lube Pot Cap 2 of 2

HP Lube Cap (1 of 2) from the 700 HP horizontal cross compound mill engine with Corliss valves built by Burnley Ironworks in 1903 for Finsley View Mill, Harle Syke, Burnley

HP Lube Pot Cap 1 of 2

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

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

Model steam engine

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

Three containers of bolts, nut, washers and small parts

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

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

Four Crane valves

4 coils of cotton driving rope

4 coils of cotton driving rope