The Kempton Park Steam Engines (also known as the Kempton Great Engines) are two large triple-expansion steam engines, dating from 1926--1929, at the Kempton Park waterworks, Middlesex, London. The were manufactured by Worthington-Simpson. Each engine is of a similar size to that used in RMS Titanic and rated at about 1008 hp. They each pumped 19 million gallons of water a day, to supply north London with drinking water taken from the River Thames. These are the largest triple expansion engines still running in the world! They were the last working survivors when they were finally retired from service in 1980. Here is one of the engineers engaging the barring engine, into the fly wheel in order to line the pistons of the main engine in the correct position for the admission of steam, to start. A truly remarkable sight, showing the years of dedicated restoration work to get the engine running again. Well worth a visit, check their web site for live steaming weekends.
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Pretty certain these were used to represent the Titanic's engines in S.O.S. Titanic from 1979
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too much waiting, video could start at 2:30
note how the small "apu" cope with an enormous gear and tremendous inertia.
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wow beautfull.....beautfull
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Only 1008 hp? maybe a misprint? Maybe 10,008 hp?
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how much did the ground shake when these beauties were running?
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If I could, I would hold a piston rod and go up and down on it all day!
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Using the very small engine as a starter to start the very big engine is a very bad idea.
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she's a beautiful and graceful old lady. That sound is heaven to my ears...
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What is the power output of this engine ?
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is this the pup house outta reed water works in the south of UK?
its looks very much the same...
still have the panflet somewhere and a cassette that tells you all about the engine. -
Boy. More OSHA violations than I can count with all those unguarded moving parts! Good thing this thing is in the UK.
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well if it's making 1000 hp right now. Looks like its going about 21rpm.
That's roughly 250000. ft-lb of torque. K just saw the tachometer. If that's accurate, the engine is actually making 300,000 ft-lb of torque. But idk if it's putting out it's full 1000 hp right now. -
Wonderful machinery. The added bonus is the old mercury arcs glowing, we had them on the railways at one time down south.
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the same engine as titanic had
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wow so cool
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And to think they can could get this much HP out of a 3L Formula 1 engine 20 years ago..
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Which location is this?
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Got a question, What are the four round rods beside the connecting rods doing. They are going up and down so they must hook to something.
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'Steamboy eat your heart out.'