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connected to most of the machinery in the brewery; different sections of machinery can be engaged and disengaged by levers which slide drive belts on and off their wheels. Where there are gears in the lineshafting, each pair consists of one iron and one wooden wheel. Thus, if any machinery should jam, only a few wooden teeth will be damaged and can then be replaced by the brewery's mechanics instead of needing a complex iron casting.
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that has powered most of the machinery in the brewery since 1899. It is the last commercially working open crank stationary steam engine in the UK. It is a small, simple engine consisting of a cylinder, flywheel, connecting rods and little else. The engine drives a system of shafts and belts
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Visitors can take a tour of the brewery, brew their own beer in the micro brewery and visit the museum with historic brewery artifacts and local history displays.
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in which all the stages of the brewing process flow logically from floor to floor. Until 2006, the brewing process was powered by steam. However, the historic
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The steam engine now only powers the mashing equipment, mill and sack hoist on certain days. The mashing rakes and cask lift have been removed.
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at the bottom. Until 2006, the brewing process was powered by steam. Beer is still delivered in the village by
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The Hook Norton Brewery Tours & Visitors Centre: Brewery tours & brewery museum
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in which all the stages of the brewing process flow logically from floor to floor;
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in the north. In total there are 23 Hook Norton pubs in Oxfordshire, nine each in
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The brewery was founded in 1849 in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire and was designed as a
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Hook Norton Brewery's horse-drawn dray at the Harvester in
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The machinery once powered by the steam engine includes:
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Alcoholic drink
Hook Norton
Oxfordshire
brewery
Hook Norton
Oxfordshire
Cotswold Hills
Victorian
'tower' brewery
mashing
fermentation
racking
horse-drawn dray
'tower' brewery
Victorian
steam engine
horse-drawn dray
ABV
Mild ale
Session bitter
Golden bitter
Best bitter
Stout

steam engine
mashing
raking

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