5/5 West Ham Engine House

Two details shots today from around the beam engines that once lifted West Ham's sewage up to the Northern Outfall sewer so it could run down to the Beckton sewage works.

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4/5 West Ham Engine House

Two snaps today. The first shows the beam of one of the engines - pushed and pulled by the cylinders under the LH end. The second is under the RH end showing the link from the beam to the flywheel that ran the bucket pumps for West Ham's sewage.

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3/5 West Ham Engine House

The view that greets you when you enter. The boilers were behind the far wall and you can see the cylinders for each of the two engines on either side. The second snap shows a close up.

There are two cylinders for each engine: 30" HP and 48" LP. The engines turned at 12 rpm.

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2/5 West Ham Engine House

A pair of beam engines were used to lift West Ham's sewage. The engine house still contains the cylinders, beams and the pumps. Here's a big wheel on the pump side of one of them.

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