Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Willans Triple Expansion Engine C 1887

Willans central valve engines were mainly used in early electricity generating station. This one was build according to pete willans’s  patent of 1884 and he used it as experimental engine. It is full size and cut open so you can see how it worked. Engines like these were later replaced by steam turbines. 




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