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Description: | This inverted vertical cross compound condensing engine, built circa 1899 by Westinghouse of Pittsburgh, USA, generated electricity for the railway. It were one of several units imported from the USA around 1900, and was retained as a standby generator until all the current was taken from the National Grid in the 1960s. | Subjects: | Transport (Rail) Steam Engine Power Station | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | Watkins, George | Identifier: | http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.u... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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