MYSTERY OBJECTS

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Relief valve of some kind?
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No Gloria. Think of what is essential for the safe running of a steam boiler....
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I'll throw my two penny worth in . It looks like a two part pump. Where the top 'low pressure is converted to a reciprocating high pressure (bottom) and then into a high pressure vessel. At first my thoughts were steam boiler top ups but since you mentioned transport I'll go for a steam tractor. Steam railway engine use a venturi effect I think. Total guess but its an excuse to sit down and do nowt.
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Does it release steam?
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Blow off valve 🤷
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Was it used on the railways?
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You are all skirting round it. Think of feed water for the boiler...... How do you put it in if you haven't got a mechanical pump.....
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A nozzle off a hose for filling steam engines.
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Sorry Gloria but no.
I shall knock this on the head if we don't come up with the answer. How do you put feed water in a boiler if you haven't got a mechanical pump?
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Hand operated pump?
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Sorry but no. The object is a Buffalo Injector, a way of putting water into a boiler under pressure using the power of the steam itself directly to force the water in. (LINK)
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We need a new object, try this one....

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What is it?
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A set of plug gauges?
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That was an easy one wasn't it.... :biggrin2:
How about setting the next one!
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Did it used to be a pub?
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No Stanley.
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It was part of the comment by Mel of the Briercliffe society on 'Monk Hall' farm. sorry about that Gloria.
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plaques wrote: 15 Aug 2022, 13:25 It was part of the comment by Mel of the Briercliffe society on 'Monk Hall' farm. sorry about that Gloria.
😱😭😂 spot on.
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What and where?
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No offers? Have I to knock it on the head?
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Just looked it up and I'm amazed that I knew nothing about it.
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So was I Wendy. Thanks for not giving it away..... it's hard finding good new objects!
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I looked it up too :good:
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Well I haven’t and I don’t know what it is. I can hazard a guess at a memorial for the navvies at the Ribblehead viaduct.
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