Preserved Steam Engines
Woolf compound rotative beam pumping engines;
- Four of 1885 at Claymills Pumping Station, Burton on Trent.
- Four of 1891 at Abbey Pumping Station, Leicester
Single-cylinder condensing rotative beam pumping engines of 1879;
- One at Snibston Discovery Park, Coalville, Leics
- One at Forncett Industrial Steam Museum, Forncett St. Mary, Norfolk
Horizontal single cylinder;
- 12"×24" of 1895 Snibston Discovery Museum
- Engine of 1899 at Hall & Woodhouse Ltd., Brewery, Blandford St. Mary, Dorset.
Wall-mounted vertical single cylinder lift engine;
- One at Abbey Pumping Station, Leicester
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