Sunny Bank Paper Mill Darwen 001

b05172. Steam engine at Grimes Sunny Bank Paper Mill, Darwen. It is a verticle single cylinder non-condensing engine. the maker is not known for sure, but is possibly Rushtons Foundry, Darwen, dating from the1850s? It has 10 1/2 by 2ft slide valve cylinders and is 10 h.p. 70 r.p.m. 60 p.s.i. The mill close in 1971. Photograph taken in 1970. M. 209