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A Grand Morning Out yesterday Easter Monday.
« on: April 11, 2023, 10:32:18 AM »
Paid a visit with a mate to a Steaming Day at a very local Pumping Station at Clay Mills near Burton-upon-Trent.

I will post a short video clip when I have worked out how - the virtual tour does not do the place justice.

.http://www.claymills.org.uk/
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Re: A Grand Morning Out yesterday Easter Monday.
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2023, 01:39:00 PM »
I did a driving experience in a Formula Renault single seater car. My bones are still aching today. I'm proud to say I was the only one to get it off the line without stalling it, some stalled the engine up to 4 times and had to be push started, clutch was either in or out, no halfway point at all, rained heavily as well which spoiled the 12 laps I did but at least I passed the other car on lap 5 and I set off half a lap behind. 2 of the cars were badly damaged smacking into tyre walls so only ended up with 2 cars on track at a time. Had to drive in my socks as I couldn't feel the pedals with trainers on and they were really close together.
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Re: A Grand Morning Out yesterday Easter Monday.
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2023, 03:05:32 PM »
I did that at Thruxton a good few years ago. In the dry, luckily.  I remember lying almost horizontal and my legs getting bounced around on the fast bumps, hard to keep feet on the pedals!
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Re: A Grand Morning Out yesterday Easter Monday.
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2023, 03:29:05 PM »
Click on the picture for video'



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steam is coming through by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr
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Re: A Grand Morning Out yesterday Easter Monday.
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2023, 03:31:56 PM »
Overhead shaft is steam driven with belt drive  to lathe. Click on photo to view video.

..steam powered belt drive lathe by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr
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Re: A Grand Morning Out yesterday Easter Monday.
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2023, 03:33:34 PM »
Top floor view of beam should give video if you click on picture.

.top floor by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr
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Re: A Grand Morning Out yesterday Easter Monday.
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2023, 05:14:25 PM »
Broadheath Road, Manchester. I know that road. Small world. Looks really interesting Ted, I wonder if they do foreigners on the lathe  ;D ;D
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Re: A Grand Morning Out yesterday Easter Monday.
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2023, 05:56:13 PM »
The lathes were all part of the on site maintenance back in the day.
It was a Unitary Local Facility back in the Victorian era.
They even had a bath house in the main pump building basement where the workers family were allowed 2 hours a week to use the facility.
There used to be tied workers cottages close by for all the employees.


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Re: A Grand Morning Out yesterday Easter Monday.
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2023, 06:13:19 PM »
There is a similar beam engine at Crofton in wiltshire which they still use to fill the canal on working days

 

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