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Manchester Hydraulic Power

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Manchester's Hydraulic Power system was a public hydraulic power network supplying energy across the city of Manchester via a system of high-pressure water pipes from three pumping stations from 1894 until 1972. [1]

32 relations: Act of Parliament, Ancoats, Baroque architecture, Centrifugal pump, City College Manchester, Crane (machine), Edward B. Ellington, Electric power, Elevator, Gallon, Henry Price (architect), Hydraulic accumulator, Hydraulic power network, Joseph Bramah, Kingston upon Hull, Listed building, Liverpool Hydraulic Power Company, London Hydraulic Power Company, Manchester, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester Opera House, Manchester Oxford Road railway station, Manchester Town Hall, Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester), Patent office, People's History Museum, River Irwell, Rochdale Canal, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, Steam engine, W & J Galloway & Sons, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong.

Act of Parliament

Acts of Parliament, also called primary legislation, are statutes passed by a parliament (legislature).

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Ancoats

Ancoats is an inner city area of Manchester in North West England, next to the Northern Quarter, the northern part of Manchester city centre.

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Baroque architecture

Baroque architecture is the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late 16th-century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church.

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Centrifugal pump

Centrifugal pumps are a sub-class of dynamic axisymmetric work-absorbing turbomachinery.

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City College Manchester

City College Manchester was a network of further education campuses in Manchester, England.

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Crane (machine)

A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist rope, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally.

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Edward B. Ellington

Edward Bayzand Ellington (2 August 1845 – 10 November 1914) was a British hydraulic engineer who pioneered the development of urban-scale hydraulic power distribution systems.

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Electric power

Electric power is the rate, per unit time, at which electrical energy is transferred by an electric circuit.

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Elevator

An elevator (US and Canada) or lift (UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa, Nigeria) is a type of vertical transportation that moves people or goods between floors (levels, decks) of a building, vessel, or other structure.

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Gallon

The gallon is a unit of measurement for fluid capacity in both the US customary units and the British imperial systems of measurement.

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Henry Price (architect)

John Henry Price (1867 – 10 April 1944) – more commonly referred to as Henry Price – was the first person to hold the office of 'City Architect' in Manchester Corporation's newly created City Architect's Department of 1902.

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Hydraulic accumulator

A hydraulic accumulator is a pressure storage reservoir in which a non-compressible hydraulic fluid is held under pressure that is applied by an external source.

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Hydraulic power network

A hydraulic power network is a system of interconnected pipes carrying pressurized liquid used to transmit mechanical power from a power source, like a pump, to hydraulic equipment like lifts or motors.

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Joseph Bramah

Joseph Bramah (13 April 1748 – 9 December 1814), born Stainborough Lane Farm, Stainborough, Barnsley Yorkshire, was an English inventor and locksmith.

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Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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Liverpool Hydraulic Power Company

Liverpool's Hydraulic Power Company were the operators of a public hydraulic power network supplying energy across the city of Liverpool, England, via a system of high-pressure water pipes from two pumping stations.

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London Hydraulic Power Company

The London Hydraulic Power Company was established in 1883 to install a hydraulic power network in London.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Manchester Cathedral

Manchester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, in Manchester, England, is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Manchester, seat of the Bishop of Manchester and the city's parish church.

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Manchester Opera House

The Opera House in Quay Street, Manchester, England, is a 1,920-seater commercial touring theatre that plays host to touring musicals, ballet, concerts and a Christmas pantomime.

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Manchester Oxford Road railway station

Manchester Oxford Road railway station is a railway station in Manchester, England, at the junction of Whitworth Street West and Oxford Street.

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Manchester Town Hall

Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian, Neo-gothic municipal building in Manchester, England.

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Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester)

The Museum of Science and Industry (MSI or formerly known as MOSI) in Manchester, England, is a large museum devoted to the development of science, technology and industry with emphasis on the city's achievements in these fields.

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Patent office

A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patents.

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People's History Museum

The People's History Museum (the National Museum of Labour History until 2001) in Manchester, England, is the United Kingdom's national centre for the collection, conservation, interpretation and study of material relating to the history of working people in the UK.

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River Irwell

The River Irwell is a long river which flows through the Irwell Valley in North West England.

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Rochdale Canal

The Rochdale Canal is a navigable broad canal in Northern England, between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge, part of the connected system of the canals of Great Britain.

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St Mary's Hospital, Manchester

St Mary's Hospital is a hospital in Manchester, England.

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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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W & J Galloway & Sons

W & J Galloway and Sons was a British manufacturer of steam engines and boilers based in Manchester, England.

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William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong

William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (26 November 1810 – 27 December 1900) was an English industrialist who founded the Armstrong Whitworth manufacturing concern on Tyneside.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Hydraulic_Power

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