Traction Engine (Robey and Co. Ltd, Globe Works, Lincoln) 1862

Robey and Co. Ltd

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The country of Lincolnshire had a long history of steam engine building. One of the four major companies based in Lincoln itself was Robey and Co Ltd who built their first agricultural engine in 1862 and later developed a range of single cylinder and compound engines. "Compound" means the steam is taken from the steam chest at high pressure, does its work on the high pressure cylinder, and then is exhausted into the low pressure cylinder, which is the larger of the two, where the steam's expansive powers are used again to drive the low pressure piston.

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