STEAM ENGINES AND WATERWHEELS

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Got mail this morning from Andy Ross and it struck me that we need a topic, very popular search term.
Hi !
My father and mother come from Barnoldswick.
I and my brother were born there too.We came tp live in South Africa in 1963.
I was 3 years old then.
My dad served his time at RollsRoyce.
Anyway , I was looking at pics on the net of Barnoldswick and came across your site,
I ride an Adventure Motorcycle( XT660Z) and didcovered this old beauty in the Desert.
I see you are interested in Steam Engines.

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My Dad moved Back to Barnoldswick a year ago and is crrently living there.
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I found this derelict steam crane in an old waterworks quarry near Slaidburn in 1980. I wonder if it's still there?
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This topic needs a bit of TLC. I shall apply my mind to it!
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I've bumped this back up because it is such a popular subject and it seems a shame we can't get it going. So many good images!

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Annie. John Ingoe's Paxman straw-burner.
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Glasshouses waterwheel at Pately Bridge in 1979 before removal to Quarry Bank Mill at Styal.
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I recall seeing that wheel in 1947 in situ , how time flies !
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Stanley,something to make you smile on a Sun. am. Look around 45 /50 sec in a steam powered bike .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFePuEJhY1g&feature=plcp
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Good stuff Bodge. Reminded me of when I was in Dordrecht with John Ingoe and Annie. Nice little adventure....
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Glasshouses was a perfect mill and I remember David Sekers (Who did Quarry Bank at Styal) commenting on the fact that if it hadn't been out in the countryside it would have been a wonderful mill for preservation. As it happened, we moved the wheel to QB and it can still be seen there.

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Ols steam crane in a quarry near Slaidburn in about 1980. It was active when the nearby reservoir was being built. I wonder what happened to it?
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Brown and Pickles dismantling the waterwheel at Glasshouses Mill preparatory to moving it to Quarry Bank at Styal.
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Jubilee engine at Padiham in 1986. Now removed to Masson Mill, Matlock.
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Ellenroad engine in 1987 after the first thorough clean up. Lots left to do!
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The engine at Stott Park bobbin mill in 1978 before Brown and Pickles refurbished it.
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Oakmount Mill engine at Burnley in 1979. At that time it was Sutcliffe and Clarkson's and the mill was still being driven by the engine as a weaving shed. It closed shortly afterwards.
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Long Ing Shed engine.
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Barnsey Shed engine. Sorry about quality, only image I have.
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Moss Shed engine.
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The engine at Pater Green's, Bradley. This is the one they are rebuilding at Bancroft.
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Clough Mill engine. Burnley Ironworks 1913. George Hogarth is the engineer.
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Ethel Sussman and David Sekers with the broken Glasshouses waterwheel shaft in the car park at Quarry Bank Mill in 1981. A new shaft had to be cast.
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Crow Nest engine.
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Stanley, wonderful photos! I've just seen your post about an email you received from Andy Ross and the pic of the old steam engine he found in the desert in South Africa. I wonder if he's read E.V. Thompson's novel `Brothers in Arms' about a Cornish engineer using two steam traction engines to transport a gunboat overland from Cape Town to Lake Tanganyika during the First World War? He'd probably enjoy it! The publisher's details of the book are here:
http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Books/deta ... 0751545920
"1915: Ben Retallick is asked by a War Office friend to provide two traction engines for a secret expedition attempting to take two gunboats overland from Cape Town to Lake Tanganyika - more than 3,000 miles - to wrest control of the lake from the Germans...."
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Glad you're enjoying them Tiz. That book sounds interesting.......
( You fooled me, it's Brothers in war and not arms. Found it on Bookfinder for £2.20 hardback. (Must stop buying books!)

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On 1st of August 1923, Charlie Watson the new engineer at Butts, got water in the LP cylinder and cracked the piston. Henry Brown ans Sons cast a new piston at Havre Park and installed it.
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The waterwheel and fulling stocks at Higher Mill, Helmshore. About 1980. Still there and demonstrated.
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Comrade, have I read somewhere that you renovated the fulling stocks and got them working? Nolic
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