As the name suggests the
"Goliath" pump was huge. In the top right of the photograph
you can see one of the balance bobs, which carried counterbalance
weights to the pump rods (marked "lot 21"), to reduce the load on the
engine. It was brought to Birchenwood
after pumping operations at Heath’s Brownhills (Tunstall) colliery
ceased on 1 February 1902. |