A Stationary Steam Engine in Bouar, Central African Republic

One of the all too rare joys of running a site like this is to turn up a discovery like this from a previously unknown source (report added 8th December 2007):

Tim Dray found this Robey compound stored in good condition in an abandoned cotton processing mill in Bouar, in November 2006.

Accompanying it is this smaller vertical engine:

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