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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Severn Tunnel pumping engines - Sudbrook no.2 Shaft (Iron Shaft). Interior view of no.2 pumping engine house for the two 50 inch Bull Engines by Harvey & Co, Hayle, 1877 (date on beam of no.9 engine which is AC-NMW acc.no. 69.183, and no.8 engine is Science Museum acc.no.69-2) and one 75 inch Cornish engine by Harvey & Co of Hayle, 1880 (but beam was dated 1879). Looking north east past the piston rod guide of no.8 engine (left) and the central support column (fluted, centre) for the cylinder floor, with the beam of no.9 engine partly visible in the background.
