Ellenroad Ring Mill Engine facts for kids
The Ellenroad Ring Mill Engine is a giant steam engine that used to power a big factory called Ellenroad Ring Mill. It's located in Newhey, a town in Greater Manchester, England. Even though the factory closed, this amazing engine still works! It's now a museum display, showing people how factories used to run.
This engine is super powerful, with 3000 horsepower! It's made of two huge steam engines working together. They are probably the strongest of their kind still working today. These two engines have special names: Victoria and Alexandra. They used many ropes around a giant wheel to turn long rods called line shafts on each floor of the mill. These rods then powered the ring spinning machines that made thread.
A Look Inside the Museum
The Ellenroad Engine House is more than just home to the main mill engine. You can also see other cool machines that are still working. These include the original engine that generated electricity for the mill. There's also a special pump that helped with the mill's fire sprinkler system.
The museum also has two other important engines. One is called the Whitelees Beam Engine. The other is known as the Irene Engine. The people who run the museum also own parts of another engine, the Fern Mill Engine. They hope to fix it up and get it working again someday.
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The Ellenroad Engine House, where the engine is kept.
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