Part of the machinery on display at the recently reopened Museum of Technology in Cambridge. The museum is housed in the old sewage pumping station built in 1894. Rubbish from the Cambridge streets was collected and used as fuel in the boilers to raise steam to run the machines.Over the years two gas engines were installed and eventually an electric motor was used to extend the pumping capacity.
@rjb71 Sorry Richard, I should have found out first what kind of machine it was! The museum was fascinating. It was powered by overhead belts. It was used by Cambridge University to make components for various projects.
