Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,357 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Cole, Booth and Porter

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Cole, Booth & Porter of Vulcan Works, Tonge Street, Bradford

  • 1883 350 HP triple expansion engine at Stanley Mill, Bradford. Unusual design, having all three cylinders acting on one crank. The cylinder diameters were 10", 16" & 24". Two of the cylinders were alongside each other, while the third was below, and their piston rods acted on a common crosshead[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. ‘The Textile Mill Engine, Part 2’ by George Watkins: Landmark Publishing Ltd.