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agricola
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14 years ago

#21

Try these, there is no oil consumption figures for the engines listed and this figure was not published by Lean until much later.

In 1887 Carn Brea 76" consumed 1.25quarts of oil and 25lbs of tallow per week.

However the really interesting figures are these (all 1842);

Levant 40" 206 tons coal
Dolcoath 76" 1184t
Consols Taylors 85" 1762t
Consols Woolfs 90" 2553t
United Poldory 85" 1738t
United Hocking 85" 2086t

Mellanear 76" (10 reported months 1872) 3051t

Water consumption, that is water fed into boilers for Loams (Poldory) 85" for Jan 1838 was 227640 gallons and in March the figure was 376886 gallons.

You can see why running such an engine or group of engines was not a cheap activity, and also that the size of engine ponds was considerable. :smartass:

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mikebee62
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14 years ago

#22

Very Interesting , Didnt think about all this stuff as well !! :ohmygod:

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Digit
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14 years ago

#23

OK I know this engine isn't pumping out a mine but in the context of 'how much water can you lift for a given cyclinder size?' it seemed worth a mention - and the photos are superb!

Location: Cruquis, Holland
Manufacturer: Harveys of Hayle, Cornwall
Cyclinder Size: 144 inches
Lifting 320,000 litres of water per minute to a hight of 5 meters.

Claims to be the largest steam engine ever built (I suspect some power stations may dispute that, but its depends on your definition of a steam engine).

Great photos here :-
http://www.erih.net/nc/regional-routes/netherlands/hollandroute/detail.html?user_erihobjects_pi2 [pointer]=0&user_erihobjects_pi2[mode]=1&user_erihobjects_pi2[showUid]=15288&user_erihobjects_pi2[regionalroute]=601&user_erihobjects_pi2[anchorOnly]=0&user_erihobjects_pi2[membersOnly]=0

More photos and info here:-
http://www.museumdecruquius.nl/

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Thrutch
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14 years ago

#24

Further to my previous post re. oil I have done a little reading on Whale Oil, which must have basically lubricated the Industrial Revolution, textile manufacturing machines, steam engines down to watches and instruments. Oils of different qualities from different Whales, a whole world now, almost, forgotten.

Roy Morton
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14 years ago

#25

Looking at the consumption of various commodities I found this receipt for Tallow.

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The quantity, for those who are post imperial measure, is 5 hundredweight (254.4 kg) and the cost is £1 per hundredweight.
Papers such as these speak volumes about the infrastructure and support industries that flourished in the shadow of the mine.

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