Flipin 'eck Jim what a piece of controlled violence. Only time I've seen something similar are the reciprocating engines hanging out of the wrecked rear end of the Titanic on the seabed! Thanks for this mate. ATB, Andy
It was amazing to see in action, nothing else as big anywhere in the world that's in working order. The fact it was in industrial service for over 70 years means it was way ahead of its time on design.
Great vidoe & info too. We've clocked the engine at 90rpm in the museum just after It's had Its maintenance greasing sometimes It' can be a little slower than normal this can be down to the new boiler It use to cut out in the past It's still bloody impressive to watch. Some of the workers at the River Don works would spend time just watching It in action & I can't blame them to, I would have probably got the sack spending to much time watching It & not doing enough work. It's speed in the steelworks was 120 rpm pushing the ingot through the main rollers needs a tremendous amount of power & torque It maximum load was 80 tons in weight 44ft in length & 13ft wide steel plate
Your very welcome as a kid growing up in Sheffield my time with this engine goes back over 40 years I'm a volunteer at Kelham now I got friendly with all the engineering staff who helped to restore the engine which took 3 years of hard labour lots of money and a dedicated team. I was also lucky to meet some of the men who worked on this mill at the River Don works and a fitter who looked after It during It's working life It could roll an ingot 26inch think down to 2 and 3 quarters in 9 minutes 33 passes through the mill take care all the best Greg harris
This one still looks like it's an oversized off-the-shelf product. The one they have at the Tobiashammer museum (a horizontal one from 1920) looks a lot more like a custom solution for the same problem.
It's worth a visit the museum.. The area has loads of old abandoned steel Mills and small founderys very interesting place I might put another video up showing the area.
It's tragic looking at all the abandoned rail infrastructure and huge work shops and foundries in the area , one factory even has a fleet of abandoned truck trailers in its yard...unbelievable..
Yes that is an amazingly powerful engine and how quickly it can reverse ! I remember Fred Dibnah getting quite excited with it :)
Hi Dave ,
Yeah is well worth watching in real life, stunning engineering..
Flipin 'eck Jim what a piece of controlled violence. Only time I've seen something similar are the reciprocating engines hanging out of the wrecked rear end of the Titanic on the seabed! Thanks for this mate. ATB, Andy
It was amazing to see in action, nothing else as big anywhere in the world that's in working order. The fact it was in industrial service for over 70 years means it was way ahead of its time on design.
Great vidoe & info too. We've clocked the engine at 90rpm in the museum just after It's had Its maintenance greasing sometimes It' can be a little slower than normal this can be down to the new boiler It use to cut out in the past It's still bloody impressive to watch. Some of the workers at the River Don works would spend time just watching It in action & I can't blame them to, I would have probably got the sack spending to much time watching It & not doing enough work. It's speed in the steelworks was 120 rpm pushing the ingot through the main rollers needs a tremendous amount of power & torque It maximum load was 80 tons in weight 44ft in length & 13ft wide steel plate
Many thanks for your information..
I was blown away seeing this.
Your very welcome as a kid growing up in Sheffield my time with this engine goes back over 40 years I'm a volunteer at Kelham now I got friendly with all the engineering staff who helped to restore the engine which took 3 years of hard labour lots of money and a dedicated team. I was also lucky to meet some of the men who worked on this mill at the River Don works and a fitter who looked after It during It's working life It could roll an ingot 26inch think down to 2 and 3 quarters in 9 minutes 33 passes through the mill take care all the best Greg harris
Hello Jim what a fabulous peace of engineering enjoyed seeing it a magnificent machine cheers for now al 👏👏🚂🤗👍👍
Hi Al glad you liked this monster..
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Incredible piece of machinery .
It's worth noting that a trip to Portsmouth to see HMS Warrior (and HMS Victory) is also a worthy use of time.
Hi Alexander,
Good info 👍🏻
This one still looks like it's an oversized off-the-shelf product. The one they have at the Tobiashammer museum (a horizontal one from 1920) looks a lot more like a custom solution for the same problem.
So, when do they start this up? When they need to give a few extra revolutions to earth?
love it
Some power house there Jim
It's worth a visit the museum..
The area has loads of old abandoned steel Mills and small founderys very interesting place I might put another video up showing the area.
Is that Johnny Vegas talking in the video!? 🤣
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We used to be good in Shiny Sheff, a long time ago.
It's tragic looking at all the abandoned rail infrastructure and huge work shops and foundries in the area , one factory even has a fleet of abandoned truck trailers in its yard...unbelievable..
How far the west has degraded...