Pattersons Spade Mill.

The Turbine.

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The original turbine was an American Plaster mock up of turbine case. Lefell, this company was formed in 1862 and are still in operation, (October 2011) the turbine was examined at the outset and found to have suffered excessively wear and corrosion, it was decided to use it as a template and make an exact working replica.

The turbine case is made from cast iron, this was in good conditionand needed no work

Color Code For Image.

Brown	Main Shaft and Rotor
Green	Arms operating the throttle control vanes.
Black	Bronze quadrant to operate the control arms.
Red	Ligna Vitae bearings top and bottom. (See note 1.)
White	Turbine top and bottom plate, and bottom thrust bearing housing.

Ligna Vitae is a African hard wood used extensively in the past for bearings, where the equipment was submerged in water as in turbines, and ship propeller shafts.

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