AEMT Southern Area Mee ng Wednesday, 28 October

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1 Ticket Prices: 28 + VAT Home to the world s largest triple-expansion steam engine AEMT Southern Area Mee ng Wednesday, 28 October Supporting Engineering Excellence

2 AEMT Southern Area Meeting: Kempton Steam House Museum, Middlesex. Wednesday, 28th October 2015 AEMT Member meetings are a fantastic opportunity to meet, learn and network with professionals in the electrical and mechanical trades. Presentations of a technical and business angle are given by specialists in their fields. Agenda *Subject to changes Timing 09:30 10:30 11:00 Activity Doors Open, Coffee & Refreshments Solutions for Tough Bearing Problems - Dennis Rawle, Graphalloy UKTI - Passport to Export Overview of International Trade 11:30 Coffee & Refreshments 12:00 Kempton Steam House Introduction 12:45 Finger Buffet Lunch 13:30 Group tours of the Steam House 15:30 Ends AEMT Meeting Brochure UKTI s Passport to Export service is an export assessment and support programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). It provides new or inexperienced exporters with training, planning and support to grow their business overseas. GRAPHALLOY, a graphite/ metal alloy, is formed from molten metal, graphite and carbon; it is a uniform, solid, self-lubricating, bushing and bearing material. From this material we manufacture a unique, self-lubricating bearing solution, offering superior performance in hundreds of applications. GRAPHALLOY material is suited for submerged or high temperature bearings or bushings - applications where oil, grease and plastics fail. For more information on the history of Kempton Steam Museum, there is a wealth of information on their website history history/gallery

3 Southern Area Meeting: 28 October 2015 AEMT Southern Area Meeting: Kempton Steam House Museum, Middlesex. Wednesday, 28th October 2015 Steam technology at its finest Kempton s pair of triple-expansion steam engines were at the cutting edge of water pumping technology when they were installed in to supply 39 million gallons of water to North London. In the beginning The waterworks at Kempton started life in 1897 as the New River Company, with two holding reservoirs supplying 12 slow sand filter beds. Five Lilleshall triple-expansion steam engines were installed two to lift water from the Thames to the reservoirs and three to pump it on to Cricklewood. The steam was supplied by six hand-fired Lancashire boilers. In 1915, a narrowgauge railway was constructed to bring coal for the boilers up from the river at Hampton. By 1904, the New River Company had been incorporated into the Metropolitan Water Board along with seven other water companies and, in 1929, the MWB applied to the College of Arms for the coat of arms displayed on the far wall of the engine house as you enter the building. The Triple House opens London s demand for water was growing and as new suburbs sprang up in the aftermath of World War I, the MWB decided to build the new engine house at Kempton. Work began in 1927 and was completed in 1928, when the two Triples you see today were commissioned by Sir William Prescott, then chairman of the MWB. Because the five Lilleshall engines were still in service, the new Triples were numbered 6 and 7, and were named after Sir William and his wife Lady Bessie respectively. Space for a third Triple was allowed for but this was never installed. Built by Worthington-Simpson of Newark, near Nottingham, the Triples were brought down in component form by rail and assembled on site with the use of a 20-ton gantry crane, which can still be seen operating today. The maximum payload of a railway truck meant that no one component could weigh more than 16 tons. Such was the size of the Triples that Worthington- Simpson was not able to fully assemble the engines at their Newark works and had to content themselves with doing a test assembly in two halves. Turbines add pumping power Instead of the planned third Triple, a pair of steam turbines were added in 1933, while the five Lilleshall Triples continued operating in an adjacent building. The Triples each produced 1008 horsepower, pumped 19 million gallons per day against a 200 foot head and, at 62 feet high, are the largest ever built in the UK. They ran 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with steam provided by six moving-grate boilers. In 1963, the site employed 144 men and delivered 86 million gallons of water a day. In 1945, the two-foot narrow-gauge railway was scrapped and, in 1968, the Lilleshalls went too, their boiler house pulled down and the reservoirs abandoned. In 1980, the movinggrate boilers serving the Triples were scrapped and the Triple House finally closed down. Electric pumps, installed in the old Lilleshall House, now deliver 75 million gallons of water a day, operated by a site staff of just 14. Heritage survives Practically everything from the Triple House s working days has survived, including not only the engines and the crane, but the original tools, the DC electrical control board, the flow meters and the dials used to monitor each engine s output. After building closed in 1980, English Heritage declared it a National Monument and, along with its contents, was listed Grade II*. In 1995, the Kempton Great Engines Trust was formed with the aim of restoring and maintaining this magnificent piece of steam heritage for posterity. An army of volunteers spent the following six years and 100,000 man hours restoring Triple No.6 before HRH The Prince of Wales was invited to restart it in A further two years were then spent preparing the building for the public opening and the first steaming weekend took place in October Ten years on... A decade has passed since those first visitors stood in wonder as the

4 AEMT Meeting Brochure awesome 1,000-ton Triple s twin flywheels began to turn for the first time in over 20 years. Since that momentous weekend, thousands of men, women and children have spent a day marvelling at one of Britain s greatest featvs of steam engineering. But the work is not over and Kempton s volunteers are still busy, maintaining the Triple and restoring other items in the historic engine house, including one of the steam turbines.

5 Southern Area Meeting: 28 October 2015 Directions The museum is signposted from the M3/A316. Leave the A316 at the exit marked Lower Feltham. At the roundabout, follow the signs for the museum (dairy on your left/petrol station on your right). At the mini-roundabout, take the lefthand fork to Lower Feltham into Snakey Lane (formerly Feltham Hill Road). The entrance to the Thames Water site and museum is first on your left. For sat-nav, use TW13 7ND. WARNING On approaching the museum, please drive slowly and beware the speed humps! By bus Take the 290 between Twickenham and Staines. Alight at the underpass, go left into Snakey Lane at the mini-roundabout and the site entrance is on your left. Alternatively, take the H25 for Hanworth, Feltham and Hatton Cross Station (Piccadilly Line). Both routes run a 20-minute service on Saturdays and Sundays. By train The nearest station is at Kempton Park. From the station, cross the A316 and turn right towards Twickenham. As the road rises on the approach to the museum (you will see the twin chimneys), the footpath continues to the roundabout at the Dairycrest site. Turn left past the Dairycrest entrance on your left, then follow the road (see map). It is a brisk 15 minutes from the station. By Underground Take the Piccadilly Line to Hatton Cross Station for the H25 bus (see above).

6 AEMT Southern Area Meeting 28th October 2015 AEMT Southern Area Meeting 28 th October 2015 Kempton Steam Museum Please fill in the details of who will attend below and return to us through your preferred method below. NOTE: You can type straight into the fields below, if you prefer, but please save the document to your computer and then return to us by , fax or post. Using Subject Title: AEMT Meeting Registration Fax: Post: St. Saviours House, St. Saviours Place, York. YO1 7PJ Order Number Authorised by: Delegate Name Job Title Cost Company Name & Address Any Dietry Requirements for the conference? Ticket Prices are at 28+VAT per person Exc. VAT: VAT Total Thank you. Booking Form