APPLEBY BEAM ENGINE AND HORIZONTAL ENGINE AT GOULBURN WATERWORKS

The Pumphouse'S Original 1883 Appleby Bros. Steam Engine Was One Of Four Installed In Pumphouses Throughout NSW.The Others Were At Wagga, Albury (Both Rejected In 1936) And Bathurst .Due To The Large Overhead Rocking Beam That Transmits Motion From The Pistons To The Cranks, The Steam Engine Is Referred To As A Beam Engine.
An Illustration Of The Powerhouse That Fueled The Industrial Revolution Is This Enormous Beam Engine, Which Thomas Newcomen First Developed In 1712.It Was Originally Built To Pump Water Out Of UK Mines, But Watt, Smeaton, Maudsley, And Other Steam-era Engineers Improved It Until It Became A Very Efficient And Reliable Engine.
Hick, Hargreaves & Co., England, Horizontal Engine, 1866
The Oldest Of Only Three Remaining Engines, This One Was Built By Hick, Hargreaves & Co. In Bolton, UK.The Flywheel Of The Horizontal Single-cylinder Engine Is 4 Meters In Diameter, Weighs 17 Tons, And Has A Length Of 9 Meters.In 1867, The Engine Arrived In Australia And Was Utilized At The Bell'S Creek Gold Mine Near Araluan, NSW.The Project Was Shelved Around 1896, And The Engine Was Put To Use At Wright And Bruce Tannery In Botany, Close To Sydney, Until It Was Thrown Away In 1961.