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Ellesmere locomotive

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Ellesmere locomotive

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The Ellesmere locomotive was built by Hawthorns and Co. of Leith in 1861 for Howe Bridge Colliery near Atherton in Lancashire. It spent many years there shunting wagons in and around the works. When the colliery closed in 1957, it was the oldest working steam locomotive in Britain.

It is one of only two remaining examples of locomotive building in the east of Scotland. The great majority of Scottish-built locomotives came from the west of Scotland, most from Glasgow


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Location

Edinburgh

Culture
Period

1861

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Size
H:
313cm
W:
234cm
D:
6310cm
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