| Description | Includes the following images:
Willans-Parsons turbine - 1000 kW size;
Willans-Parsons turbine - rotor of 3000 kW turbine ready bladed (man standing next to it) [for Glasgow contract];
Willans-Parsons turbine - rotor with shrouded blades;
Willans-Parsons turbine - details of blading;
Willans-Parsons turbine - half-rings of blading ready for fixing (for cylinder and for rotor);
Willans-Parsons turbine - showing half-rings of blades ready for fixing (in turbine erecting shop);
Willans-Parsons turbine - end view [ST12?];
Willans-Parsons turbine - governor gear;
Portion of turbine erecting shop (including parts for ST4 - Glasgow, Allis Chalmers?);
Willans-Parsons turbine - 1400 kW direct current set (ST2 - Glasgow);
Willans-Parsons turbine - 1500 kW turbo-alternator;
Edwards' air pump - manufactured under licence by Willans & Robinson, Ltd;
Surface condensing plant (with Edwards' air pump) (copy photo. ref. R280-282/86).
Some of these images were used in the Willans-Parsons steam turbines brochure (red cover). |