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...ewsbury]]'s [[sanitary sewer|sewerage]] system. Two massive steam-driven [[beam engine]]s were built by [[William Robert Renshaw|Renshaw's]] of [[Stoke-on- The ownership of the pumping station, including the building, engines and grounds, was transferred to [[Shrewsbury and Atcham]] Borough Council i ...

...in [[London]]. This is one of two tandem cross-compound hydraulic pumping engines formerly used to raise and lower the bridge.]] ...al engine]]s used for ploughing or threshing, [[marine steam engine|marine engines]], and the [[steam turbine]]s used as the mechanism of power generation for ...

...'D engine' Claymills Pumping Station - geograph.org.uk - 1507938.jpg|thumb|Beam of the 'D' engine]] ...nes were built in 1885 by [[Gimson and Company]] of [[Leicester]]. All the engines are similar, and the following description is limited to only one, but appl ...

...into the [[River Great Ouse]]. It is one of only three surviving drainage engines in East Anglia, and is a Grade II* listed building.<ref name="NHLE">{{Natio ...eam power]] in the late 18th century offered a new solution, and these new engines began to spring up around The Fens. ...

| key_holdings = Steam engines, 'interactive toilets', steam shovel, buses ...ext to the [[National Space Centre]]. With four working steam-powered beam engines from its time as a sewage pumping station, it also houses exhibits for tran ...

...in the [[Industrial Revolution]] and grew to be a major producer of steam engines in the 19th century. [[Image:Grazebrook Beam Engine.jpg|thumb|right|A Boulton & Watt blowing engine re-erected on the [[ ...

...rt description|Early configuration of the steam engine utilising a rocking beam to connect major components.}} ...McNaught]], who devised a method of compounding an existing engine. Beam engines were first used to pump water out of mines or into canals but could be used ...

...About |url=https://www.croftonbeamengines.org/about/ |website=Crofton Beam Engines |publisher=Kennet and Avon Canal Trust |date= |access-date=12 July 2023}}</ ...[[Flued boiler#Lancashire boiler|Lancashire boiler]] provides steam to the engines.<ref>{{cite book |title=Crofton Pumping Station |date=1999 |publisher=Croft ...

|Total ships preserved= |Ship beam={{convert|90|ft|1|abbr=on}} ...

...ption=The former ''Andrew Jackson'', rebuilt to resemble the ''Atlantic'', preserved on static display at the B&O Railroad Museum. ...stically in the United States and placed into traction service. One of his engines, the ''John Quincy Adams'', built in 1835, is the oldest existing American ...

...ine''' is a Grade II [[listed building]] containing a {{convert|100|hp}} [[beam engine]],<ref name="Historic England">{{NHLE|num=1358862|desc=Pumping Stati ==Markfield Beam Engine== ...

...Locomotive Class C1]], used in [[Finland]] from 1869 well into the 1920s, preserved at the [[Finnish Railway Museum]]]] ...n|Walter Neilson]] and James Mitchell to manufacture marine and stationary engines. In 1837 the firm moved to Hyde Park Street and was known as '''Kerr, Mitch ...

|type = [[Watt steam engine|Watt beam engine]] Originally, it was one of two steam engines used to pump water back up to the {{convert|491|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[Water lev ...

|Total ships preserved= |Ship beam= {{convert|8.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} ...

|Total ships preserved=1 |Ship beam=*{{convert|6.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} o/a ...

...e engine house contains a pair of 72" single-acting non-rotative [[Cornish beam engine]]s by Davy Bros of Sheffield, dating from the 1870s when the complex ...21 January 2022}}</ref> The twin engines and surviving buildings have been preserved and restored: wedding ceremonies are conducted in the Engine Room, the Boil ...

|Total ships preserved= |Ship beam= {{Crater cargo beam}} ...

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|Total ships preserved= |Ship beam={{convert|5.3|m|ft|abbr=on}} ...

|caption = The preserved Caledonian 439 Class at Bo’ness |totalproduction=92|disposition=One preserved, remainder scrapped}} ...