| description: | Interior View Of S.S. Stott & Co. This Mill Type Steam Engine Is Still Doing A Good Days Work In The Establishment Of The Grane Manufacturing Company'S Longshoot Mill In Haslingden, Lancashire, England. Name On Engine Is "S.S. Stott & Co. Haslingden". It Is Rated At 500 Ihp. It Is A Cross Compound Cylinder Arrangement With 15" And 30" Cylinders And A 48" Stroke. Its Flywheel Is 16' In Diameter, Grooves For 15ropes And Rotates At 75 Rpm. It Is Equipped On Both Cylinders With The Famous Corliss Valve Arrangement And Its Liberation Gear. The Engine Was Built In 19906 By The Firm Of S.S. Stott & Co, Engineers, Which Is Only About Two Blocks Away From Where The Engine Was Originally Set Up In 1907 And Is Presently Supplying Power To 907 Weaving Looms. This Engine Is One Of Only A Few Left In The Lancashire And Yorkshire Textile Areas. At One Time There Were Over 200 Of These Engines Within A 30 Mile Radius Of Haslingden, And Again This Area Was Only One Of Many Areas With The Same Type Ofreliable Power In The Era When Britains Bread Hung By A Lancashire Thread |