Remains of a W H Bailey hot air engine at the site of a former sugar factory at Arnos Vale, Plymouth, Tobago.

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This hot air engine at the Arnos Vale Waterwheel site on Tobago was built by W H Bailey & Co, Albion Works, Salford, Manchester, England, It would have been built in the 1880s and probably used to pump water which was a common use for these engines. The small cylinder at the side of the engine appears to be a pump. Engines were available between 1/4 and 3 horse power. A brick furnace would have surrounded the large cylinder and fuel would almost certainly been wood. At the same site is a large waterwheel made in Glasgow, a steam engine and boiler, sugar cane crushing rollers and the large pans or coopers in which the juice was boiled.

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Size: 5000px × 3750px
Location: Arnos Vale, Plymouth, Tobago
Photo credit: © Robert Down / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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