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46 relations: Anson Engine Museum, Arthur Woolf, Austin K2/Y, Aveling and Porter, Beam engine, Beaumont Leys, Bedford Vehicles, British Newspaper Archive, Cambridge Museum of Technology, Fire engine, First Leicester, Fish and chips, Gimson and Company, Grand Union Canal, Hydraulic ram, Knighton, Leicester, Leicester, Leicester City Council, Leicester Corporation Tramways, Leyland Tiger Cub, Leyland Titan (front-engined double-decker), Motor Rail, Narrow-gauge railway, National Space Centre, Night soil, Nottingham Industrial Museum, Pail closet, Prickwillow Museum, Pumping station, River Soar, Road roller, Ruston (engine builder), Science museum, Sewage, Sewage farm, Steam engine, Steamroller, Stockdale Harrison, Stretham Old Engine, Technology museum, Thomas Wicksteed, United Kingdom, Victorian architecture, W. G. Bagnall, Woolf, 0-4-0.
Anson Engine Museum
The Anson Engine Museum is situated on the site of the old Anson colliery in Poynton, Cheshire, England.
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Arthur Woolf
Arthur Woolf (1766, Camborne, Cornwall – 16 October 1837, Guernsey) was a Cornish engineer, most famous for inventing a high-pressure compound steam engine.
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Austin K2/Y
The Austin K2/Y is a British heavy military ambulance that was used by all Commonwealth services during the Second World War.
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Aveling and Porter
Aveling and Porter was a British agricultural engine and steam-roller manufacturer.
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Beam engine
A beam engine is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.
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Beaumont Leys
Beaumont Leys is a suburb and electoral ward in north-western Leicester, England.
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Bedford Vehicles
Bedford Vehicles, usually shortened to just Bedford, was a brand of vehicle produced by Vauxhall Motors, which was ultimately owned by General Motors (GM).
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British Newspaper Archive
The British Newspaper Archive web site provides access to searchable digitised archives of British newspapers.
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Cambridge Museum of Technology
The Cambridge Museum of Technology is an industrial heritage museum situated in Cambridge, England.
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Fire engine
A fire engine (also known in some territories as a fire truck or fire appliance) is a vehicle designed primarily for firefighting operations.
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First Leicester
Leicester Citybus, Leicester Citybus Limited trading as First Leicester, is a bus operator providing services in Leicester.
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Fish and chips
Fish and chips is a hot dish of English origin consisting of fried battered fish and hot potato chips.
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Gimson and Company
Gimson and Company were founded in 1840 by Josiah and Benjamin Gimson on Welford Road in Leicester.
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Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system.
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Hydraulic ram
A hydraulic ram, or hydram, is a cyclic water pump powered by hydropower.
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Knighton, Leicester
Knighton is a residential suburban area of Leicester, situated between Clarendon Park to the north, Stoneygate to the east, Oadby and Wigston to the south and the Saffron Lane estate to the west.
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Leicester
Leicester ("Lester") is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire.
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Leicester City Council
Leicester City Council is a unitary authority responsible for local government in the city of Leicester, England.
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Leicester Corporation Tramways
Leicester Corporation Tramways was a tramway system in Leicester, England from 1901 to 1949.
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Leyland Tiger Cub
The Leyland Tiger Cub (coded as PSUC1) was a lightweight underfloor-engined chassis manufactured by Leyland between 1952 and 1970.
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Leyland Titan (front-engined double-decker)
The Leyland Titan was a forward-control chassis with a front-mounted engine designed to carry double-decker bus bodywork.
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Motor Rail
Motor Rail was a British locomotive-building company, originally based in Lewes, Sussex they moved in 1916 to Bedford.
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Narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.
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National Space Centre
The National Space Centre is a museum and educational resource covering the fields of space science and astronomy, along with a space research programme in partnership with the University of Leicester.
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Night soil
Night soil is a euphemism for human feces collected from cesspools, privies, pail closets, pit latrines, privy middens, septic tanks, etc.
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Nottingham Industrial Museum
Nottingham Industrial Museum is situated in part of the 17th-century stables block of Wollaton Hall, located in a suburb of the city of Nottingham.
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Pail closet
A pail closet or pail privy was a room used for the disposal of human excreta, under the "pail system" (or Rochdale system) of waste removal.
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Prickwillow Museum
Prickwillow Museum, formerly known as the Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum, tells the story of the changing face of the Fens and its network of drainage systems and pumping stations.
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Pumping station
Pumping stations are facilities including pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
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River Soar
The River Soar is a major tributary of the River Trent in the English East Midlands and is the principal river of Leicestershire.
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Road roller
A road roller (sometimes called a roller-compactor, or just roller) is a compactor type engineering vehicle used to compact soil, gravel, concrete, or asphalt in the construction of roads and foundations.
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Ruston (engine builder)
Ruston & Hornsby, later known as Ruston, was an industrial equipment manufacturer in Lincoln, England, the company's history going back to 1840.
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Science museum
A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science.
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Sewage
Sewage (or domestic wastewater or municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced from a community of people.
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Sewage farm
Sewage farms use sewage for irrigation and fertilizing agricultural land.
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Steam engine
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.
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Steamroller
A steamroller (or steam roller) is a form of road roller – a type of heavy construction machinery used for leveling surfaces, such as roads or airfields – that is powered by a steam engine.
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Stockdale Harrison
Stockdale Harrison (1846-10 November 1914) FRIBA was an architect based in Leicester best known for Usher Hall, Edinburgh.
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Stretham Old Engine
Stretham Old Engine is a steam-powered engine just south of Stretham in Cambridgeshire, England, that was used to pump water from flood-affected areas of The Fens back into the River Great Ouse.
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Technology museum
A technology museum is a museum devoted to applied science and technological developments.
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Thomas Wicksteed
Thomas Wicksteed (26 January 1806 – 15 November 1871) was a notable English civil engineer of the 19th century.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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Victorian architecture
Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century.
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W. G. Bagnall
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Woolf
Alternate spellings include Wolfe, Wolff, Wulf and Wolf. Woolf is a name that is used as a surname, given name, and a name among Germanic-speaking peoples: see Wolf, Wulf.
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0-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Pumping_Station
