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English: Hick Hargreaves No 303 Steam Engine, near to Forncett st Mary, Norfolk, Great Britain.

This is a 50 horse power Hick Hargreaves No 303, being the oldest engine in the Forncett collection. Constructed at Bolton, Lancashire in 1873. It has a single cylinder of 13 inch bore by 36 inch stroke, its 10 foot diameter flywheel runs at 66 revolutions per minute.
This engine originally powered a lace factory in Nottingham but became obsolete in 1940 and fortunately survived until 1980 when it was donated to the museum by Kontac Ltd and Jane D Knitwear .

For a view of the engine in its original position see <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1356621">SK5640 : Gamble's Factory, steam engine</a>.
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Camera location52° 30′ 12.69″ N, 1° 11′ 27.49″ E  Heading=112° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Object location52° 30′ 12″ N, 1° 11′ 29″ E  Heading=112° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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1 August 2010

52°30'12.686"N, 1°11'27.492"E

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