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To start a foghorn
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:26 pm
by papasmurf
Someone may be interested. How The Lizard Cornwall Foghorn used to be started up. Now it is just a "squeaker."
To start a foghorn
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:11 pm
by RoSy
What no kick starter !!
To start a foghorn
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 5:05 pm
by Mark M
He obviously remembered the routine, I'd need a check list a mile long!
REgards, Mark
To start a foghorn
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:40 pm
by Adrian
All good stuff, I offer this:
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To start a foghorn
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:34 am
by Davie Hall
Where is the steam engine located? I wouldn't mind a look at it
To start a foghorn
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:37 am
by Norm
Adrian I doubt and company could build something like that these days, such beautiful machines and so well made. Nothing built these days will be running in another 100 years
To start a foghorn
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 10:05 am
by papasmurf
Information about viewing days of that triple steam engine here:-
http://www.kemptonsteam.org/visit-us/opening-times/
To start a foghorn
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 12:43 pm
by Adrian
Norm,
all is not lost.
https://www.p2steam.com/
Davie,
you could check the dates here and see if you could do both.
https://www.kemptonparkautojumble.co.uk ... umble.html
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To start a foghorn
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:08 am
by Norm
Thanks Adrian it is good to know some people still care and that not all the skills have been lost, at least not yet but I am afraid it may not be too long till they are.
To start a foghorn
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:06 am
by Wheaters
That foghorn is amazing.
I recently saw the River Don Engine under steam at Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield. It was built to roll steel so was designed to run in both directions had to be able to constantly reverse in very short order. The torque figures involved in this process is difficult to imagine - bearing in mind that the flywheel weighs 40 tons!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lW0PJu8wUg