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A Grand Morning Out yesterday Easter Monday.

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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
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

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Top floor view of beam should give video if you click on picture.

.top floor by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

Oddjob:
Broadheath Road, Manchester. I know that road. Small world. Looks really interesting Ted, I wonder if they do foreigners on the lathe  ;D ;D

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
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.

Bryanj:
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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