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Aberdeen, Grandholm Works Interior view showing barring engine, Hick, Hargreaves engine
SC 422401
Description Aberdeen, Grandholm Works Interior view showing barring engine, Hick, Hargreaves engine
Date 18/2/1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 422401
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Barring engine of a stationary steam engine in the Grandholm Mills/ Works, Aberdeen, of Crombie & Co, woollen cloth manufacturers Crombie & Co were leading producers of high-quality woollen cloth for coats and suits. The engine of which this was a part drove part of the mill machinery. This view shows the barring engine during dismantling. The main engine was built by Hick, Hargreaves of Bolton, and had two cylinders in line with each other. He barring engine turned the flywheel until the engine would start easily. The engine was photographed while it was being carefully dismantled for preservation by the Scottish Society for the Preservation of Historical Machinery, Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/6/4
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/422401
File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap
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