A twin cylinder, slide valve engine built by Robey & Co., Lincoln, in 1902, Nos 22110 and 22111.
The engine was working, until 1981, at the Silica Firebrick Company brickworks at Friden in Derbyshire. The flat belt drive provided power for a variety of machinery such as:- grinding mills, jaw crushers, conveyor belts, dust fans etc.
This was amongst the first engines to be acquired by the museum. Prior to that it was in the possession of the Cromford Canal Society, which I understand is now disbanded.
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Technical Details
Twin cylinder, horizontal, slide valve engine
Robey & Co., Lincoln; 1902 Nos 22110 and 22111
Rated at 80 HP
16.75 ins. Diameter
36 ins.
Slide valve, driven by single eccentrics, which can be adjusted to vary the amount of cut-off and to reverse the rotation of the engine
The flywheel is 13 ft. diameter, 23 ins. wide. It has 6 spokes and is in two halves bolted and keyed centrally onto the crankshaft
A Pickering governor controlled the operating speed of around 90 rpm
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Technical Details
Twin cylinder, horizontal, slide valve engine
Robey & Co., Lincoln; 1902 Nos 22110 and 22111
Rated at 80 HP
16.75 ins. Diameter
36 ins.
Slide valve, driven by single eccentrics, which can be adjusted to vary the amount of cut-off and to reverse the rotation of the engine
The flywheel is 13 ft. diameter, 23 ins. wide. It has 6 spokes and is in two halves bolted and keyed centrally onto the crankshaft
A Pickering governor controlled the operating speed of around 90 rpm
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