Usually they ran off wood or coal or whatever fuel was available, plus the steam oil and lubricants had to be constantly monitored.

We have a running demonstration films already on our channel, we shall provide a link for you. The Dover Engine is also run in full steam for the public once a month. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIXGaHWYadybd6M kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJvXi3Wqmadra5I

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JP, we appreciate what you are saying here. Being an engineer yourself you clearly recognise the passion and hard work that restoring these engines entails! Watching on KZbin certainly may only give our online audience a glimpse to the reality of the story these engines hold, as well as the people involved! Our goal here at the museum is 'education through enjoyment' and to have these majestic machines running for real with the power of steam. Visiting in person one can experience the magnitude, sound and smell of these mercy giants moving and truly alive! Thank you for your support and subscription, we hope to add much more here on the channel as we grow our online coverage. Best wishes from the team at Forncett Industrial Steam Museum.

Thanks very much, we hope to do more events like this in the future. What is the name of your band, we'd love to check out your music.

Thanks Rick, we are so happy to have her running again. She tops around 600 horsepower, when working she pumped 98,000 gallons every hour, raising the water over 450 feet. A true working beauty!

Thanks very much, we are pleased to have her running again. She's like poetry in motion!

SPRUCE is indeed a work of art! We are very happy to be able to run our exhibits on steam as they should be.

The engine was donated to us on 2 conditions : first being that we would pay to get the engine extracted from the site, and second being that she would eventually be available to the public to view. Our founder Dr. Rowan Francis made the Museum and its entire collection a charitable trust in 2018 securing the future of the collection and to keep them preserved and running in steam for everyone to learn from and enjoy.

Thank you A.E. Karnes, it's great to hear appreciation of our efforts from fellow steam enthusiasts. These beautiful machine gems can still be great preserved relics of our industrial heritage for future generations to learn from and enjoy. We are very interested in seeing what you have been doing on your channel so we have subscribed. All the very best, Rowan and the team at FISM.

@@forncettindustrialsteammus2992 since everyone seems bent hard at making the world into a technological wasteland, these engines and machines like them will have everything to re-teach us about ourselves in the end. I'll be sure to visit when I am next over....

@@AEKarnes completely agree! It is surely remarkable what the test of time reflects back at us. Hopefully see you for a steam up one day, we have accommodation on site too (cabins and shepherds huts)

@@forncettindustrialsteammus2992 I'd come over to help out more than just see, and that is very good to know.

@@AEKarnes Sounds great, let's keep in touch!

Thank you Sanjay, it is our upmost passion to see these wonderful machines restored and working. We hope to see you for a steam up someday! All the very best, Rowan.