Calderdale Industrial Museum

Beam engine, maker unknown

Engine made by the Campbell Gas Engine Co

1926 Newton, Bean and Mitchell Corliss engine

Headstock of A. Haworth Sons lathe

in Halifax, Yorkshire.

Located in the town centre, adjacent to the Piece Hall.

The Museum includes a Newton, Bean and Mitchell horizonal beam engine in the collection (see image). The engine is a horizontal single cylinder built by Newton, Bean & Mitchell of Bradford in 1926 and supplied to Alma Tannery, Pudsey. The Corliss valve cylinder is 14" x 24" and speed regulation is by a Bee governor. The engine was rated at 120 horsepower at 120 rpm on steam at 140-150 psi. The flywheel is 10' diameter. The engine ran until 1976-7.

The museum houses an excellent collection of machinery and other items related to the local industries

See Museum website

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