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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Trent Valley Line
LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington
Nuneaton Station: lnwrns1680a
Close up of image 'lnwrns1680' showing a steam powered
portable engine used to provide on-site mechanical power together with its crew
and other facilities. The piston on top of the boiler turned the wheels seen
either side and through pulleys would power a variety of equipment ranging from
saws to pumps. Careful observation shows that a belt is running between the
inner wheel and another wheels low down on a piece of equipment on the very far
right behind the framing. The purpose of the equipment is unknown being out of
view but it might be a stone saw as shaped coping stones are evident to the
right of the portable engine.
The small wheel nearest the camera is also operating a belt
to a piece of equipment that can be seen in image 'lnwrns1680b'. Items to note include the narrow gauge
railway used to move the stone and other materials with one wagon in view
carrying a coping stone. In addition, the ladder leaning against the traction
engine indicates regular access was required to the top of the boiler; the
shelter to the right would be used as a mess facility; and the barrels clearly
contain a liquid of some kind as some are laid on trestles.
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