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Trencherfield Mill Engine
Photo: Carol Farmer
Photo: Carol Farmer
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Item #: 18866
Item #: 18866
Photo taken in the late 80's
Comment by: Ken R on 8th November 2011 at 18:18
A beautiful piece of machinery, a great credit to our predesesors ( is that spelled correctly).
Comment by: nyce horse on 8th November 2011 at 22:37
Is it actually fired up and run anymore?
Comment by: Ken R on 9th November 2011 at 22:17
Yes, the engine is usually run daily, at specific times.
Comment by: Colin Harlow on 10th November 2011 at 09:39
Build by J.E. Wood from Bolton in 1907, these twin tandem horizontal expansion engines worked hard, driving thousands of spindles and electricity for the mill until the late 1960s. The engine is owned by Wigan Council and are fully restored. The engine has two cylinders, the one at the right side of the flywheel is Helen and her sister on the left is Rina. They produce 2,500hp and drive a 26ft flywheel weighing 70 tonnes...more power than 8 HGV trucks put together.
Comment by: derek on 8th March 2013 at 22:28
smaller one of the two tandem cross compound owned by the corpy
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