Mr Monkey at the Kew Bridge Steam Museum, 2nd November

"Apparently, steam engines come in many sizes"

Mr Monkey looking at the Robey engine

Next Mr Monkey looked at the Waddon engine. A horizontal cross-compound engine, built in 1910, this was used in the Waddon Pumping Station in Croydon and was one of the last two steam engines to be used in a waterworks in Britain. In a side gallery Mr Monkey looked at the tiny Robey engine, used to drive hoists at Truman's Brewery in Stepney, and some other small steam engines.

The receiver connecting the two cylinders of the Waddon engine

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