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| These two massive steam winding engines were used to bring the coal up from the mine workings many hundreds of metres below the ground. They were supplied by two different heavy engineering companies.. EPR AG (Eisenhutte Prinz Rudolph) of Dulmen WestPhalia who were established in 1842 and (Werf) Gute Hoffnungshutte of Sterkrade- Duitsland (Also listed as Walsum and Oberhausen).. a company with a long history of manufacturing large marine triple compound steam engines. I will try to locate my records to identify where these collieries were in Germany but I doubt these machines still survive. For all their size and weight they were perfectly balanced and there was no vibration even when they were running at full speed. |
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