That doubles my score, I must try and visit, thanks.
Mike Shaw
On 27 October 2017 at 15:24, Simon <
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> Tees Cottage Pumping station at Darlington has a gas producer plant in
> situ. It's no longer in use as when last used about 1955 they managed to
> explode part of it. The twin cylinder gas engine can now be seen running on
> natural gas.
>
> See their website.
>
> Simon.
>
>
>
>
> On 27/10/2017 14:53, margaret and michael shaw wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the responses. I am trying to identify equipment by looking the
>> bases left, currently a small scale gas production plant (it may have
>> been
>> suction or pressured) and the gas engine it powered. Gas plants rarely
>> survive, lots of gas engines do and have photographs on-line but most are
>> smaller machines not the 100+ h.p. with twin c2m flywheels as looks to
>> have
>> been on the base at Cothercott Mill in Shropshire. Whilst on the subject
>> if anyone knows of such gas production plant surviving in its place of use
>> I would be very interested to know, Iona marble quarry is the only one I
>> am
>> aware of to date, I am also trying establish whether 1.5 x 3m rectangular
>> gasometers would have been installed in the 1920s.
>> Mike Shaw
>>
>> On 27 October 2017 at 12:26, Roland <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Are you perhaps seeking to establish what machine or engine might have
>>> occupied a base? If so does the context offer any clues that might narrow
>>> the field a little?
>>>
>>> Roland Craven
>>> Nr. Exeter UK
>>>
>>>
>>> On 26/10/2017 19:28, margaret and michael shaw wrote:
>>>
>>> I could use a website which has good coverage of machine and engine
>>>> bases,
>>>> does anyone know of such.
>>>> Mike Shaw
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