Lancashire boiler

English

A Lancashire boiler at Pinchbeck Pumping station

Noun

Lancashireboiler(pluralLancashire boilers)

1. Asteam boilerwith twofluesthat contain thefurnacesand extend through the boiler from one end to the other.
   • 1951July, W. R. Watson, “An Edge Hill Beam Engine”, inRailway Magazine,page490:

     The beam is used to drive two pumps, one supplying water from the reservoir to the condenser, and the other the feed pump supplying theLancashire boiler,and the condenser itself.

See also

• Cornish boiler

References

• “Lancashire boiler”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.