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As Frederick says. The wheel directly below the governor is the governor drive pulley.
Does anyone know whether this was a double expansion engine, or a two-cylinder single-expansion?

This is just a guess, but it looks like either a triple-expansion steam engine or a three-cylinder Diesel engine; the double-ring thing on the end of the shaft would be an alternator, and the little bullet-shaped thing to the side/right of it is likely an exciter dynamo, as you suggested.
If you go back, could you try (without killing yourself!) to get close enough to that engine to look for a builder's plate?

On other large engines, the holes in the flywheel were to engage the gear on a "barring engine," a small engine used to rotate the big engine's crank into the starting position.

Office. Polite. for payments, and tickets and whatnot
Cool door

That little button-lamp is still evident in this day room

Yes, N.
Goodness - is that one long radiator under the windows? Cosy.
Thank you for the historical picture. Gives depth.
YES: suit+tie, vest also, back in the days - there was not much of anything else, for men, not wearing work clothes. Dressed up + polished shoes, every day. My Grand-Dad did this dressing; born 1883.
Dress-code has changed a lot.

The place with LOW door-knobs. I just love that lock.

Yes - concur Rose. Still crazy after all these years - and the hues shades tints - it is a delicious edible color - like the best banana and vanilla ice-cream - it is still very beautiful, but goodness how precious must have been when in order + shape. An office?
Thanks Mr. M.

The inevitable graffiti, so irreverent and appalling, and yet it's somehow part of the tapestry. As a teen in the 80's I used to wander a sanatorium abandoned since the 60's, and even as a teen I was disturbed by the graffiti, but much less so. As we age (I'm now in my mid 40's) I think we cultivate a real appreciation for the aesthetics of the effects associated with the passage of time- not just decay but anything that contributes to the narrative. The more recent the effect, generally, the least revered, or most reviled- and yet if we could see a bigger picture- that same same graffiti say in another 60 years it would have earned some reverence. We're appalled by the ignorant irreverence of the young, living in their "NOW" so blind to history and so quick to deface. It's fascinating.

Binky I was thinking the same thing, picturing elderly patients smoking away- and then the irony of it having begun as a TB clinic for kids.

First, let me say I am very impressed with the work you display on this site...you are very talented and are very brave to venture into such dangerous and abandoned places. I also commend you for documenting these historic buildings. I do have to agree with Emma, however, concerning this particular photo. Although this is a very moving and sad capture, I can't help but imagine the shock at seeing a loved one's image being displayed like this. It is very disturbing.

Those chandeliers - maybe they are made of copper? And/or waxed paper? Ohh, well, guess i will never know.....
It is very bonny

A joy to see fine craftmanship iron/wood-work. Easy up steps with a rest and a view is so fine.
A joy to see fine janitor is taking the job seriously and making sure the place is protected.

Paul..congrats on you and your sister running track! I mentioned earlier in this gallery that I am currently reading the book "They Called It The Home For Incurables" and it's a wonderful book..a complete history of Newington. Charles..sad to hear that you thought it was a place of horrors. Everything I've read says that children were actually very happy there, and the staff became family to them. But there are 2 sides to every story!

BKW..they became a very highly regarded surgical center as time went on..training doctors from all over the world. The surgeries were mostly orthopedic. They also became known world-wide for their "brace shop" that designed braces for children for all sorts of muscular conditions.