Report - South Central Docks (Liverpool, Feb, 2020)

[synchronoscope]

Great report on a facinating site. I work in industrial heritage and have always been interested in surviving old hydraulic power machinery. Seen quite a bit over the years, though not very much left now which is accessible.
Im attaching pics showing similar machinery which is complete ,which may be of interest which I took off of net.

Thanks for sharing and recording!

 

[urbanchemist]

Great report on a facinating site. I work in industrial heritage and have always been interested in surviving old hydraulic power machinery. Seen quite a bit over the years, though not very much left now which is accessible.
Im attaching pics showing similar machinery which is complete ,which may be of interest which I took off of net.

Thanks for sharing and recording!

you may need to the press the insert full image button for the pics to show

 

[Seffy]

Really interesting that - good reportage and all!

 

[scotty markfour]

One of the most informative reports i have ever read on 28DL, and the excellent pics do really help you understand what you are explaining ! well done indeed !

 

[synchronoscope]

Im attaching pics showing similar machinery which is complete ,which may be of interest which I took off of net. Fair bit of bronze on some so not surprising they were robbed for scrap.

Thanks for sharing and recording!

 

[urbanchemist]

What's the first one - a moving bridge mechanism?
I recognise the other photos since I took them...

 

[synchronoscope]

Lol, sorry to steal your pics, they are good though. Yes typical railway swing bridge hydraulic engines. Theres a bridge surviving over the River Ouse which I saw but machinery had been ripped out. My pics....

 

[urbanchemist]

Nice bridge that - be interested to know if there are any more hydraulic remains in Hull, being the birthplace of this sort of stuff.

Apart from the docks and bridges on the Manchester Ship canal, most hydraulic things in Liverpool are in warehouses see e.g https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threa...uses-revisited-liverpool-aug-dec-2018.115834/

 

[synchronoscope]

Thanks for sending me this. Some really good surviving hydraulic equipment there, complete and with control gear. I have never yet found a hydraulic water meter in situ so thats quite a discovery! I've seen quite a lot of hydraulic machinery in London over the years and have been involved with rescuing and restoring some for preservation. Pics of me with ones at Clink St Vaults, Millwall and East India Docks and Nelson Drydock taken years ago. Have others too somewhere.

Apart from the derelict pumping station in Hull i'm not aware of anything there.

 

[urbanchemist]

Ooh, thanks, some lovely ones.

I wasn't sure how much there was left in the London docks, having never looked, although there's an interesting article here: Tim Smith (1991) Hydraulic Power in the Port of London, Industrial Archaeology Review, 14:1, 64-88, DOI: 10.1179/iar.1991.14.1.64