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Revision as of 16:07, 11 April 2017
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  Location within Ceredigion | |
| Location | Tanygroes, Ceredigion, Wales |
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| Coordinates | 52°07′12″N 4°29′28″W / 52.11987°N 4.49122°W |
| Type | Technology museum |
| Website | Internal Fire – Museum of Power |
The Internal Fire – Museum of Power is a museum of internal combustion engines in West Wales. The museum's collection is mostly of larger stationary diesel engines, as used for generating sets and pumping stations. The museum is located at Tanygroes, Ceredigion, near Cardigan.
Exhibits
Most of the engines are restored to working order. Each day, a range of engines will be in operation during the museum's opening. On special occasions, at Easter and the second weekend in October, an attempt is made to run as many of the engines as possible.
Diesel
The museum operates the oldest working diesel engine in the UK, a 1912, Sulzer single cylinder, Air-blast injection Diesel, an example of the original Rudolf Diesel design.
Steam
The museum houses over 200 tons of working engines in nine Halls and is in the process of creating a new Steam Hall which will house a 1903, J & E Wood, 500hp tandem compound along with an 1879, John Penn, twin cylinder oscillating paddle steamer (ex Empress) as well as a number of smaller engines including the only surviving Petter steam engine.
Gas turbine
One of the museum's most unusual exhibits is a 'Pocket Power Station', powered by a Bristol Proteus gas turbine engine.[1][2] The regional electricity board installed several 2.7MW, remote-operated, generation sets for peak load powered by the Proteus. Designed to run for ten years many were still in use forty years later.[3]
See also
References
- ^ South Western Electricity Historical Society. "SWEB's Pocket Power Stations". Internal Fire - Museum of Power. Archived from the original on 2009-01-18.
{{cite web}}: External link in|author=|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Pocket Power Station". A History of the World. BBC.
- ^ "Pocket Power Station wins award". BBC Mid Wales. 11 June 2010.
External links
- Internal Fire - Museum of Power website