开始:VCALENDAR方法:发布开始:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Near You Event - Markfield Beam Engine\n\nEvent Type: Technical visit\n\nIndustry Sector: Other Industries / Sectors\n\nSpeak Details: Da vid Cracknell is the curator and one of the guides.\n\nDescription : \nThe engine is rated at one-hundred horsepower and drives two pumps\, of the p lunger type. Each pump was capable of moving two million gallons-per-day\, when the engine was running at sixteen revolutions per minute. The pumps are each twenty-six inches diameter and fifty-one inch stroke.\nThis remar kable engine was built by Wood Brothers\, of Sowerby Bridge\, Yorkshire\, between 1886 and 1888. \; It was commissioned on the 12th July 1888.&n bsp\; It saw continuous duty from that time to around 1905\, when it was r elegated to standby duty for storm water pumping.\nThe engine is a rotary beam engine believed to be the last engine produced by Wood Bros.\, and th e only surviving eight column engine in situ. The twin cylinders are capab le of being harnessed in serial or compound modes and have an advanced &ls quo\;cut-off&rsquo\; valve gear.\n \;\n\nContact Details: Michael Pozz i\nTelephone: 07551529028\nAddress: 37 Maryland Road\, London\, N22 5AR\, United Kingdom. DTEND:20180722T170000 DTSTAMP:20230820T002744Z DTSTART:20180722T153000 LOCATION:Markfield Beam Engine and Museum\, Markfield Park\, Markfield Road \, South Tottenham\, London\, N15 4RB\, United Kingdom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Markfield Beam Engine UID:ac4af228-fb34-4b56-a566-41c394a8edc4 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR