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Pumping engine

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a steam engine and pump combined for raising water. See Steam engine.

See also: Pumping



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This disaster resulted in the biggest loss of life when 199 men were entombed in the pit after the 42-ton beam of the pumping engine snapped in half, crashing down the shaft.
Although some items are now stored at the Museum Collections Centre, Thinktank displays exhibits that were never shown at the old museum - most notably a massive pumping engine of 1890, complementing the 1779 Smethwick Engine by the pioneering firmof Boulton andWatt.
Today some 300 pumping engines and 3,800 miles of artificial channels are needed to keep the water at bay, day-in, day-out.
 
 
 
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