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The Ellenroad Ring Mill Engine is a preserved
Ellenroad Steam Museum website
Engine video on Flickr
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The Ellenroad Ring Mill Engine is a preserved stationary steam engine
Stationary steam engines are fixed steam engines used for pumping or driving mills and factories, and for power generation. They are distinct from locomotive engines used on railways, traction engines for heavy steam haulage on roads, steam car ...
in Newhey
Newhey (archaically New Hey) is a village in the town of Milnrow in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale,Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (N.D.), p. 32. in Greater Manchester, England. It lies at the foot of the South Pennines, by Junc ...
, Greater Manchester, England. It powered the Ellenroad Ring Mill from 1917, and after the mill's closure the engine is still worked under steam as a museum display.
At 3000 hp, the twin tandem compound steam engine
A compound steam engine unit is a type of steam engine where steam is expanded in two or more stages.
A typical arrangement for a compound engine is that the steam is first expanded in a high-pressure (HP) cylinder, then having given up heat ...
is possibly the most powerful of the type in preservation. The two engines are named ''Victoria'' and ''Alexandra'', multiple ropes around the flywheel drove the line shaft
A line shaft is a power-driven rotating shaft for power transmission that was used extensively from the Industrial Revolution until the early 20th century. Prior to the widespread use of electric motors small enough to be connected directly to ...
s on each floor of the mill which in turn drove the ring spinning
Ring spinning is a Spindle (textiles), spindle-based method of Spinning (textiles), spinning fibres, such as cotton, flax or wool, to make a yarn. The ring frame developed from the throstle frame, which in its turn was a descendant of Richard Ark ...
frames.
In addition to the mill engine, the museum also houses in operational condition the original Ellenroad mill pilot generator engine and sprinkler pump, the Whitelees Beam Engine, and the Irene Engine. The museum trust also owns the surviving components of the Fern Mill Engine, which it hopes eventually to restore to working condition.
See also
*List of mills in Lancashire
This is an incomplete list of the cotton and other textile mills that were located within the modern-day boundaries of the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. The first mills were built in the 1760s, in Derbyshire using the Arkwright ...
*List of mills in Rochdale
This is a list of mills known to have existed within Rochdale Borough, in Greater Manchester, England.
The Mills and organisation of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation, a descriptive book, pub. LCC, Blackfriars House Manchester, January 1951
...
*List of mills in Oldham
This list of mills in Oldham, lists textile factories that have existed in the town of Oldham, within Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England.
From the Industrial Revolution until the 20th century, Oldham was a major ce ...
References
External links
Ellenroad Steam Museum website
Engine video on Flickr
Preserved stationary steam engines Steam museums in England Museums in Greater Manchester Milnrow {{Industry-stub