vintage steam

Thanks Lester
Yours are fabulous.
They're taken the miniature to the next level with their ornate canopies etc.

Lester Wareham wrote in post #19026032
Couple of miniatures.

A very nice collection of steam powered devices you have captured. Are they from some sort of Carnival?

Sorry, answered to wrong thread.
This is Steamfest
Annual event here in Sheffield
http://www.steamfestta​smania.org.au/

They were fortunate they had it last week.
Next week would have seen it cancelled.

Lester I'd be interested too in what yours are about

Ballen Photo wrote in post #19026304
A very nice collection of steam powered devices you have captured. Are they from some sort of Carnival?

https://www.hollycombe​.co.uk/

Some permeant stuff but they have special days like the traction engines and fairground organs..

Crossness Pumping Station. Abbey Wood. SE London. UK.
This is a Victorian Cathedral to steam.
There are four engines - Named after Queen Victoria, the Prince Consort and two family members. It must be nice to have human excrement and sewage engines named after you. - but such were the times.
Opened 1865 and the engine - Prince Consort - was decommissioned in 1953. It has now been restored and working.
A few of the pics I captured a few years back. I have just got round to editing them.
I have a short GIF of the beams working but couldn't get it to run on this page - any ideas?

https://en.wikipedia.o​rg …ss_Pumping_Stat​ion#Images
http://www.crossness.o​rg.uk/

The Cathedral. Engine room housing. Not exactly imposing at first glance - but wander inside.

Ray.Petri wrote in post #19027068
It must be nice to have human excrement and sewage engines named after you

awesome! look out for the title fairy...

Crossness Pumping Station. Abbey Wood. SE London. UK.

The Beam of the fully restored 'Prince Consort' from two angles.

Crossness Pumping Station. Abbey Wood. SE London. UK.

The beam floor. Prince Consort on the left. Engine on the right awaiting restoration.

Ray that's all very impressive.
The Victorian era certainly had magnificence.
The wrought and cast iron workings with paint is very beautiful.
These highlight that. Thanks for sharing

Tower Bridge engine:

Crossness Pumping Station. Abbey Wood. SE London. UK.

Just two more from this series.


Cranking handle to help the flywheel initial start-up.

avondale87 wrote in post #19027083
Ray that's all very impressive.
The Victorian era certainly had magnificence.
The wrought and cast iron workings with paint is very beautiful.
These highlight that. Thanks for sharing

Thanks Richard - What a massive and time consuming undertaking by dedicated volunteers to even try and restore that lot.
I do remember when I first started work I had to maintain the comms at two or three local pumping stations with beam engines.
I was trying to post as a series, but it didn't happen.

joeseph wrote in post #19027081

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Don't try this at home kids....

Couple more (puff-puff)!