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222: 834: 49: 29: 315: 56: 271:, has been restored to running order and is the largest fully operational triple-expansion steam engine in the world. It may be seen in steam on various weekends throughout the year, and as a static display every Sunday between March and November. The other engine, Engine No 7, is named Bessie after Sir Prescott's wife. The engine house also houses two 198: 264:. They were the last working survivors when they were finally retired from service in 1980. The engines are of an inverted vertical triple-expansion type, 62 feet (19 m) tall from basement to the top of the valve casings and each weighing over 800 tons. The engines are thought to be the biggest ever built in the UK. 201: 205: 204: 200: 199: 206: 203: 202: 511:"Preservation by Operation: Experience of the Restoration and Operation of Large Stationary Steam Engines and the Implications for the Professional Engineer" 1320: 332: 94: 1027: 236:
and rated at about 1,008 horsepower (752 kW). Each could pump nineteen million imperial gallons (86,000 m) of water a day, to reservoirs at
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The steam engines now form a museum operated by Kempton Great Engines Trust, a registered charity.
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water pumps. One of these steam turbines has now been motorised to demonstrate its inner workings.
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was filmed on location at the Kempton Park Pumping Station in 1992 and 1993.
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The factory scenes of the 2000 TV adaptation of Agatha Christie's
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for the supply of drinking water to the north, east & west of
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Kempton Great Engines Trust, registered charity no. 1048936
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The pumping station was used for the exterior shots of the
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Waterworks in south-west London. They were ordered by the
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Kempton Park Steam Engines is located in Surrey
Coordinates
51°25′33″N 0°24′18″W / 51.4259°N 0.4050°W / 51.4259; -0.4050
Kempton Park
www.kemptonsteam.org
triple-expansion steam engines
Kempton Park
Metropolitan Water Board
Worthington-Simpson
Newark-On-Trent

RMS Titanic
Cricklewood
Fortis Green
Finsbury Park
London
Staines
Queen Mary Reservoirs
River Thames
The Sir William Prescott
steam turbine
A316
M3 motorway
Sunbury-on-Thames
Hanworth
Kempton Steam Railway

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