Kaldenkircher Strasse 250 (Mönchengladbach)

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Steam pump with underfloor area
Steam pump with underfloor area

The Kaldenkircher Straße 250 steam pump is located in the far west of the Bettrath-Hoven district in Mönchengladbach ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

The pump was built in 1903/1904. It was entered under No. K 057 on December 22, 1992 in the monuments list of the city of Mönchengladbach .

The property is located north of the city center of Viersen on the grounds of the Helenabrunn waterworks . It is a standing two-cylinder Differentialplungerpumpe after system Lentz and two-cylinder AC reciprocating steam engine with valve control as a drive unit for water supply.

Technical specifications:

  • Power: 84 kW (114 PS)
  • Speed ​​48 / min
  • Delivery rate 320 m³ / h
  • Delivery head 45 m
  • Driving machine: Two piston pumps with suction and pressure air vessels
  • Steam generation: two-flame tube boiler with 100 m² heating surface and ten bar overpressure
  • Superheater with 31 m² heating surface (270 - 300 ° C)
  • Max. amount of steam that can be generated 2000 kg / h
  • Coal consumption lignite 760 kg / h
  • Coal consumption hard coal 270 kg / h

The object "steam pump with underfloor area" is for economic and historical reasons as a techn. Monument worth protecting.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Monuments list of the city of Mönchengladbach , November 16, 2018, accessed on July 29, 2019

Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '36 "  N , 6 ° 25' 49.9"  E