Carel Frères, Ghent Information
Carel Frères, or Carel Brothers, was a manufacturer of stationary steam engines in Ghent, Belgium. For instance, in 1909, they supplied a 1200 hp tandem compound engine with super heater to Moston Mill, a cotton mill in Moston, North Manchester[1]. It was their works no 875, with cylinders 30in and 53in bore with a 3 ft 11 ¼ in stroke. Developing 1,200 hp at 90rpm, superheated steam 200psi was supplied by Tetlow boilers. The flywheel, 19 ft in diameter, was provided with the sixty rope grooves that the full power would have require The second half of the mill, however, was never completed, and in 1958 electric drives were installed, and the engine was scrapped.
George Watkins commented that this was of typical of continent design. Six or more of Carels' engines were installed in Lancashire mills in the early 20th century.[2]
References
- Notes
- ^ Hills 1989, p. 251
- ^ Roberts 1921
- Bibliography
- Hills, Richard Leslie (1993). Power from Steam: A History of the Stationary Steam Engine. Cambridge University Press,. pp. 244. ISBN ISBN 052145834X, 9780521458344. http://books.google.com/books?id=t6TLOQBhd0YC. Retrieved January 2009.
- Roberts, A S (1921), "Arthur Robert's Engine List", Arthur Roberts Black Book. (One guy from Barlick-Book Transcription), http://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/forum_topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7926&FORUM_ID=99&CAT_ID=3&Forum_Title=Rare+Text+(Book+Transcriptions)&Topic_Title=ARTHUR+ROBERTS+ENGINE+LIST&whichpage=1&tmp=1#pid81483, retrieved 2009-01-11
External links
- One Guy from Barlick– Forum discussing Lancashire mill engines
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